Pachypanchax sparksorum
| Pachypanchax sparksorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Aplocheilidae |
| Genus: | Pachypanchax |
| Species: | P. sparksorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachypanchax sparksorum , 2006
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Pachypanchax sparksorum is a species of Aplocheilid killifish endemic to Madagascar where it is found in the and streams feeding into the . Its natural habitat is rivers.[2] The specific name of this fish honours the ichthyologist of the United States National Museum and his wife Karen Riseng Sparks, they collected many of the type series.[3]
References[]
- ^ Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Pachypanchax sparksorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44483A58307259. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44483A58307259.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Pachypanchax sparksorum" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- Loiselle, P. 2006. A review of the Malagasy Pachypanchax (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 1366: 1–44 (2006)
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Pachypanchax sparksorum" in FishBase. August 2012 version.
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- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Pachypanchax
- Freshwater fish of Madagascar
- Taxa named by Paul V. Loiselle
- Fish described in 2006
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