Pachypanchax sakaramyi (lat.) Is a species of tropical fresh-water ray-finned fish from the family of apoheilic carps - like order.
| Pachypanchax sakaramyi |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infraseries : | Ateriomorphs |
| View: | Pachypanchax sakaramyi |
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| International scientific name |
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Pachypanchax sakaramyi Holly , 1928 |
| Synonyms |
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- according to FishBase [1] :
- Panchax sakaramyia Holly, 1928
- Haplochilus playfairii sakaramyi (Holly, 1928)
- Pachypanchax playfairii sakaramyi (Holly, 1928)
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| Security status |
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Endangered SpeciesIUCN 3.1 Critically Endangered : 15839 |
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Content
The total body length is up to 9 cm. The color is orange with a strong yellow-green tint, dark from above with a blue and purple tint. The small dorsal and larger anal fins are located on the caudal peduncle, one opposite the other.
Endemic to the north of Madagascar . It lives in shallow reservoirs in the headwaters of the Sacarami and Antongombato rivers, in two lakes of the Montagne d'Ambre National Park and two streams in the mountainous terrain. It inhabits parts of reservoirs with both a weak and a strong current, with a water temperature of 69–72 ° F and a pH of 7.2–7.5. Bentopelagic non-migratory fish. Currently disappeared in most of the original habitats. Locals attribute its disappearance to the predation of introduced fish Poecilia reticulata and Gambusia holbrooki .
IUCN Red Listed as a species endangered in the wild due to habitat destruction.
- Huber, JH 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p.
- Wildekamp, RH, R. Romand and JJ Scheel 1986 Cyprinodontidae. p. 165-276. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and DFE Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels, MRAC; Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2.
