Rheocles sikorae

Rheocles sikorae is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Madagascar where found in tropical rivers and streams.[1][2] It can reach the maximum recorded length of 11.5 cm (4.5 in).[2]

Rheocles sikorae

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Rheocles
Species:
R. sikorae
Binomial name
Rheocles sikorae
(Sauvage, 1891)
Synonyms[2]
  • Eleotris sikorae Sauvage, 1891
  • Atherina sikorae (Sauvage, 1891)

Distribution and status

Rheocles sikorae is native to Madagascar, where found in the Mangoro stream, high valley of the east coast of the island, and in the Manambola River near Anosibe.[2]

At one point in time, this species was thought to be extinct, but since 1996 it has been collected from five forested stream localities near the town of Marolambo.[1]

Taxonomy and name

Rheocles sikorae was described by Henri Émile Sauvage in 1891 as Eleotris sikorae with a type locality given as "Madagascar".[3] Sauvage honoured the Austrian explorer Franz Sikora (1863-1902), who collected the type.[4]

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References
  1. Ravelomanana, T. & Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Rheocles sikorae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19481A58300957. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19481A58300957.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Rheocles sikorae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Eleotris sikorae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

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