cichlidae species found in Madagascar

[bobrfish]

Oxylapia


Oxylapia polli
native name songatana, collection site Marolambo Rapids of

Nosivolo River
Kiener & Maugé, 1966


Paratilapia
Paratilapia sp Andapa
native name fiamanga (largest spots observed on Paratilapia

to date)
collection site Andapa

Paratilapia sp East Coast small spot
native name marakely, on Nosy Be island - native name fony
collection site Ambassaba,

Manganosy, Maralambo, this group may contain four separate species

Paratilapia sp

Fianarantsoa (green face)
collection site Fianarantsoa

Paratilapia

polleni
Bleeker's description identifies P. polleni as a large spot

Paratilapia,
Bleeker, 1868 Paratilapia bleekeri Sauvage, 1891 (synonym)

Paratilapia sp large spot
native name fiamanga
collection site

Ranomafana National Park
collection sites Antananarivo and Nosivolo River

Paratilapia sp (blue spots)

Paratilapia toddi
Boulenger, 1905


Paretroplus
Paretropleus sp ankarafantskia
Sparks

& Stiassny, 2004

Paretroplus dambabe
native name kotso
collected

at Lake Kinkony
Sparks, 2002

Paretroplus damii
native name damba

(damba may also be used as a generic reference to Paretroplus species)
found in Lake

Andrapongy, Anjingo River, Ankofia basin and small lakes in the lower Manbanjeba drainage
Bleeker, 1868 Paretroplus vandami Sauvage, 1891; (synonym)

Paretroplus sp

dridrimena
Sparks & Stiassny, 2004

Paretroplus keirneri
native name kotsovato
found in lakes Kinkony and Sarodrano; and in Ambomboa, Kalamilotra and

Mangarahara rivers
Arnoult, 1960

Paretroplus sp lac parinadrina
Sparks

& Stiassny, 2004

Paretroplus maculates
native name damba mipentina
collected in Lake Ravelobe; also Ampijora and Maevatanana regions
Kiener & Maugé,

1966

Paretroplus maromandia
native name maevarano
collected in

Pangalanes canal, Andranomalaza River, Lake Andropongy and Maevarano River
Sparks &

Reinthal, 1999

Paretroplus menarambo
native name menarambo, common name

pinstripe damba
collected from Lake Sarodrano
Allgayer, 1996

Paretroplus

nourissati
native name lamena
collection sites Ambomboa and Mangarahara rivers near

Mandritsara
Allgayer, 1998

Paretroplus petiti
Pellegrin, 1929

Paretroplus polyactis
native name masoavotoaka
found along Eastern

coast
Bleeker, 1878

Paretroplus sp sofia
Sparks & Stiassny, 2004

Paretroplus tsimoly
native name tsimoly and maevatanana, common name lamena

blue lips
collected from Akalimilotrabe river
Stiassny, Chakrabarty and Loiselle, 2001

Paratroplus sp ventitry
collected from Mahanara River
Sparks &

Stiassny, 2004


Ptychochromis
Ptychochromis

grandidieri
native name saroy or saroy mainty or saroy mavou
Sparks, 2003

Ptychochromis inornatus
native name juba
Sparks, 2002

Ptychochromis oligacanthus
native name tsipoy on Nosy Be
Bleeker, 1864

Ptychochromis nossibeensis (synonym)

Ptychochromis sp mangarahara

Ptychochromis sp mandritsara


Ptychochromoides
Ptychochromoides betsileanus
native name torondo mainty and marakely a bosse
Boulenger, 1899

Ptychochromoides itsay
collection site Lake Itsay
Sparks, 2004

Ptychochromoides katria
native name katria, collected at

Maralambo

Ptychochromoides vondrozo
native name fiandahy

Ptychochromoides sp. "Ambalavao"


References:

Kiener, A & M. Mauu, 1966. "Contribution a 1'etude systematique et ecologique des

poissons Cichlidae endemiques de Madagascar.", Meet. Mus. Nntl. Hist. Nat. 40(2); pp 51-99.

Sparks, J. S., 2002. Ptychochromis inornatus; A New Cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from

Northwestern Madagascar, with a Discussion of Intrageneric Variation in Ptychochromis. Copeia:

Vol. 102, #1, pp. 120-130.

Sparks, J.S. 2003. Taxonomic status of the Malagasy cichlid

Ptychochromis grandidieri (Teleostei: Cichlidae), including a molecular phylogenetic analysis of

the ptychochromine cichlids. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 14: 317-328.

Sparks, J.S. 2004: A new and presumably extinct species of Ptychochromides (Teleostei:

Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Central Madagascar. Zootaxa 524: 1-15.

Sparks, J.S. &

P.N. Reinthal, 1999, "Paretroplus maromandia, a new cichlid fish from the northwest of

Madagascar". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, the University of Michigan, (727): 1

-18.

Sparks, J.S. & P.N. Reinthal. 2001. A new species of Ptychochromoides from

southeastern Madagascar (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with comments on the monophyly and relationships of

the ptychochromine cichlids. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 12: 115-132.

Sparks, J.S. & M.L.J. Stiassny, 2004, The freshwater fishes of Madagascar: Introduction to

the
Freshwater Fishes. Chapter 9, 849-863. In: The Natural History of'Madagascar. S. M.

Goodman and J. P. Benstead (eds), Chicago University Press.

Stiassny, M.L.J., P.

Chakrabarty & P.V. Loiselle. 2001. Relationships of the Madagascan cichlid genus Paretroplus,

with description of a new species from the Betsiboka River drainage of northwestern Madagascar.

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 12: 29-40.

[fishfarm]

Hi Bob, Nice list! I

got a question for you. I have entered a P. oligacanthus "Nossibeensis" in the Show for

the last two year, In 2003 I listed it (Ptychochromis nossibeensis) as you have it listed here.

Loiselle was the judge and changed the name to oligacanthus and told me later they were all the

same species just different collection locations. What's your opinion? It is most certainly the

red fin Nossibeensis (got them from Ron Neilson) and has placed 2nd in that class two years in a

row. I have a lot of fry and just wondered what I should sell them as. I also have the oligacanthus

from Juba which is very simialr but without any red in the fins of the males. Ken

[bobrfish]

Hi Ken,

Sparks found that there is enough similarity in DNA of P. oligacanthus and P. nossibeensis that

they are same fish. On Nosy Be island there are nine lakes and each has P. oligacanthus in it.

There is also P. oligacanthus on mainland. Thus there are ten or more possible color morphs of P.

oligacanthus.
Also according to Sparks, juba is a native name mostly used to identify P.

inornatus and rarely used to identify P. oligacanthus.
Regarding your fish, it is unlikely

they are P. inornatus. Check with source and see if they know where the fish was collected. If

they do then imo they could be sold as Ptycochromis oligacanthus, "location". It is

common practice for dealers and retailers to create names like Red fin oligacanthus or Nosy Be fire

fins.

Changed database to conform to Sparks findings. Thanks for catching that. Need

more readers like you Ken.
Would like to raise a few of your P. oligacanthus myself. We will

talk later.

Bob

[bobrfish]

Ken and anyone else,

If you have images of fish from this list, please post them starting a new thread. Discussion

about that species will hopefully follow. Use whatever name you believe is valid, that will be

sure to spark some discussion.

Thanks, Bob

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[iowa]

Thanks for the info Bob--Very

interesting

[JustRon]

I have many pictures of some

of these over the years. Would you think it best to post in the CARES section as most are

endangered?

[bobrfish]

Yes, images could go into

cares section.

I will likely comment about images in another thread now that they have

come up.

[tieperson]

Hey, I was wondering if you can send me some info on Paratilapia Polleni. Send the info to tieperson@comcast.net if you have any info.