Rheocles wrightae

Rheocles wrightae, is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Madagascar where its occurs in the Manambola River, near Anosibe.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] It was described by Melanie Stiassny in 1990 from a type locality given as "Sandrangato River, south of Moramanga".[3] The specific name honours the American primatologist Patricia Wright.[4]

Rheocles wrightae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Rheocles
Species:
R. wrightae
Binomial name
Rheocles wrightae
Stiassny, 1990

References
  1. Ravelomanana, T. & Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Rheocles wrightae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19482A58301010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19482A58301010.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Rheocles wrightae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Rheocles wrightae". 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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