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Pantanodon madagascariensis (Arnoult, 1963)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Oryzias madagascariensis Arnoult, 1963

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: early 1960's (Sparks, 2016)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

 

Distribution

Madagascar (eastern)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Arnoult, J. (1963). Un Oryziiné (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae) nouveau de l’est de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sér. 2, 35(3): 235-237.

 

Other references:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. pp. 378. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Benstead, J.P, Stiassny, M.L.J., Loiselle, P.V., Rising, K.J. and Raminosoa, N. 2000. River conservation in Madagascar. In: P.J. Boon, B.R. Davies & G.E. Petts (eds). Global Perspectives on River Conservation pp: 205-231. Wiley, UK.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Harrison, I.J. and Stiassny, M.L.J. 1999. The Quiet Crisis. A preliminary listing of the freshwater fishes of the world that are Extinct or “Missing in Action". In: R.D.E. MacPhee (ed.) Extinctions in Near Time, pp. 271-331. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.

Máiz-Tomé, L., Sayer, C. and Darwall, W. (eds.). (2018). The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands hotspot. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. viii + 128 pp.

Rosen, Donn Eric. (1965). Oryzias madagascariensis Arnoult redescribed and assigned to the East African fish genus Pantanodon (Atheriniformes, Cyprinodontoidei). American Museum Novitates 2240, 10 pp.

Sparks, J.S. 2003. Pantanodon. In: S.M. Goodman and J.P. Benstead (eds), The Natural history of Madagascar, pp. 871-872. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Sparks, J. S. (2016). Pantanodon madagascariensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T15949A58297104. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T15949A58297104.en. Downloaded on 03 March 2018.

Sparks, J.S. and Stiassny, M.L.J. 2003. Introduction to the freshwater fishes. In: S.M. Goodman and J.P. Benstead (eds), The natural history of Madagascar, pp. 849-863. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.

Sparks, J.S. and Stiassny, M.L.J. 2008. Les poissons d'eaux douce. In: S.M. Goodman (ed.), Paysages Naturels et Biodiversité de Madagascar, pp. 283-309. Publications Scientifiques Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris.

Stiassny, M.L.J. and Raminosoa, N. 1994. The fishes of the inland waters of Madagascar. In: G.G. Teugels, J.-F Guégan and J.-J Albaret (eds), Biological diversity in African fresh and brackish water fishes, pp. 133-148.

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