Damba

Damba
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Damba
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Etroplinae
Genus: Paretroplus
Species: P. damii
Binomial name
Paretroplus damii
Bleeker, 1868
Synonyms

Paretroplus dami Bleeker, 1868 [orth. error]

The damba (Paretroplus damii) is a species of cichlid fish from several river basins in northwestern Madagascar.[2] This includes populations in far northern Madagascar that some have speculated represented an undescribed species, but a comparison of specimens did not support this, instead maintaining them as part of P. damii.[3] In contrast, populations in the Mahanara River in northeastern Madagascar were formerly also included in P. damii, but these were described as a separate species, P. loisellei, in 2011, and populations in the Ankofia River basin in northwestern Madagascar (south of true P. damii) appear to represent a closely related undescribed species.[2] P. damii is the largest Paretroplus and reaches almost 40 centimetres (16 in) in length.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Paretroplus damii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2004. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/40706. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Sparks, J. S. and Schelly, R. C. (2011). A new species of Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Etroplinae) from northeastern Madagascar, with a phylogeny and revised diagnosis for the P. damii clade. Zootaxa 2768: 55–68.
  3. ^ a b Sparks, J. S. (2008). Phylogeny of the Cichlid Subfamily Etroplinae and Taxonomic Revision of the Malagasy Cichlid Genus Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Number 314 :1-151
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