Malagodon honahona Carr et al., 2024
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Pantanodon sp. nov. 'Manombo' [used by Loiselle et al., 2004]; Pantanodon n. sp. “manombo” [used by Sparks & Stiassny, 2003, 2008, 2022; Sparks & Smith, 2022]; Malagodon spec. ‘Manombo Reserve’ (yet undescribed) [used by Meinema & Huber, 2023]
Conservation Status
Extinct (Carr et al., 2024)
Last record: October 1997 (Carr et al., 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Although assessed as Missing by (Loiselle et al., 2004), there have been further surveys in the intervening period and the taxon is treated as Extinct following (Carr et al., 2024).
Distribution
south-eastern Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: UMMZ 240245 (male) (Carr et al., 2024)
Allotype: UMMZ 254162 (female) (Carr et al., 2024)
Paratypes:
AMNH 278989 (formerly UMMZ 240245) (1 male, 1 female) (Carr et al., 2024)
AMNH 278990 (formerly UMMZ 254161) (Carr et al., 2024)
UMMZ 254159 (formerly UMMZ 240245) (Carr et al., 2024)
UMMZ 254160 (Carr et al., 2024)
UMMZ 254161 (Carr et al., 2024)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Carr, Emily M., Martin, Rene P. and Sparks, John S. (2024). A New Extinct Species of Malagodon (Cyprinodontiformes: Pantanodontidae) from Southeastern Coastal Madagascar, with a Discussion of its Phylogenetic Relationships and a Redescription of the Genus. American Museum Novitates 2024(4012): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1206/4012.1
Other references:
Bragança, Pedro H. N., Amorim, Pedro F. and Costa, Wilson J. E. M. (2018). Pantanodontidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes), the sister group to all other cyprinodontoid killifishes as inferred by molecular data. Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(1): 137-145. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.22173
Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop. (2004). Pantanodon sp. nov. 'Manombo'. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 18 September 2011.
Meinema, E. and Huber, J. H. (2023). Review of Pantanodontidae (Cyprinodontiformes) and its fossil and extant genera Pantanodon Myers, 1955 and †Paralebias Gaudant, 2013 with descriptions of two new recent genera and five new species. Killi-Data Series 2023: 21-73.
Sparks, John S. (2003). Pantanodon, pp. 871-872. In: Goodman, S. M. and Benstead, J. P. (eds.). The Natural History of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Sparks, John S. and Smith, W. L. (2022). Pantanodontidae: Pantanodon. In S.M. Goodman (editor), The new natural history of Madagascar, vol. 2: 1270–1271. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Sparks, John S. and Stiassny, M. L. J. (2003). Introduction to the freshwater fishes. In S.M. Goodman (editor), The new natural history of Madagascar: 849–863. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Sparks, John S. and Stiassny, M. L. J. (2008). Les poissons d'eaux douce. In S.M. Goodman (editor), Paysages naturels et biodiversite de Madagascar: 283–309. Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
Sparks, John S. and Stiassny, M. L. J. (2022). Introduction to the freshwater fishes. In S.M. Goodman (editor), The new natural history of Madagascar: 1245–1260, refs. 1300–1304. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
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