Trondo mainty

Trondo mainty
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Ptychochromoides
Species:	P. betsileanus
Binomial name
Ptychochromoides betsileanus (Boulenger, 1899)
Synonyms
Tilapia betsileana Boulenger, 1899 Ptychochromis betsileanus (Boulenger, 1899)

The trondo mainty (Ptychochromoides betsileanus) is a critically endangered species of cichlid endemic to the Onilahy River Basin in southwestern Madagascar.^[1] Its remaining range covers less than 10 km² (3.9 sq mi) and it is highly threatened by habitat loss, fishing, and competition with/predation by introduced species.^[2] Another cichlid from the same basin, Ptychochromis onilahy, is probably already extinct.^[3] The trondo mainty reaches a standard length (SL) of 24 cm (9.4 in).^[4]

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. 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 15 November 2021.
3. 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.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus". FishBase. April 2013 version.