Sauvagella robusta

Sauvagella robusta is a small species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is endemic to the Amboaboa and Mangarahara River Basins in northern Madagascar.[2][3] This relatively slender fish reaches a length of 6.8 cm (2.7 in),[4] and is overall pale yellowish with silvery on the lower parts.[2] Its current conservation status is unclear,[1] but the cichlid Ptychochromis insolitus, which is highly threatened from habitat loss, is native to the same region.[5] Sauvagella robusta is known to survive at least in Lake Tseny.[6]

Sauvagella robusta
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S. robusta
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Sauvagella robusta
Stiassny, 2002

References

  1. Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Sauvagella robusta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.
  2. Stiassny, M.L.J. (2002). Revision of Sauvagella Bertin (Clupeidae: Pellonulinae: Ehiravini) with a description of a new species from the freshwaters of Madagascar and diagnosis of Ehiravini. Copeia 2002(1): 67-76.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Sauvagella robusta" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
  4. Loiselle, P. (2009). Sauvagella robusta picture. FishBase. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. Stiassny, M., and Sparks, J. S. (2006). Phylogeny and Taxonomic Revision of the Endemic Malagasy Genus Ptychochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with the Description of Five New Species and a Diagnosis for Katria, New Genus. American Museum Novitates 3535.
  6. IUCN, Freshwater Fish Specialist Group: Madagascar. Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 June 2014.


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