Ptychochromoides

Ptychochromoides
Ptychochromoides betsileanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Ptychochrominae
Genus:	Ptychochromoides Kiener & Maugé, 1966
Type species
Tilapia betsileana Boulenger, 1899
Species
3, see text

Ptychochromoides is a genus of cichlids endemic to Madagascar. Of the three described species, two are critically endangered^[1][2] and one was considered extinct until rediscovered in late 2010.^[3]

Species

The genus formerly included Katria katria, which was moved to its own genus in 2006.^[4] There are currently three recognized species in Ptychochromoides:^[5]

• Ptychochromoides betsileanus (Boulenger, 1899) (Trondo mainty)
• Ptychochromoides itasy Sparks, 2004
• Ptychochromoides vondrozo Sparks & Reinthal, 2001

References

1. Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2020). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18832A177066640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18832A177066640.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Ptychochromoides vondrozo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44511A58308949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44511A58308949.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
3. Toronto Zoo (2010). Mad Fishes 2010 – Fish conservation with Tim McCaskie in Madagascar. Accessed 14 July 2011
4. 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
5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ptychochromoides". FishBase. June 2014 version.