Rheocles sikorae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Rheocles |
| Species: | R. sikorae
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| Binomial name | |
| Rheocles sikorae (Sauvage, 1891)
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Rheocles sikorae is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Madagascar where found in tropical rivers and streams.[1][2] It can reach the maximum recorded length of 11.5 cm (4.5 in).[2]
Distribution and status[edit]
Rheocles sikorae is native to Madagascar, where found in the Mangoro stream, high valley of the east coast of the island, and in the Manambola River near Anosibe.[2]
At one point in time, this species was thought to be extinct, but since 1996 it has been collected from five forested stream localities near the town of Marolambo.[1]
Taxonomy and name[edit]
Rheocles sikorae was described by Henri Émile Sauvage in 1891 as Eleotris sikorae with a type locality given as "Madagascar".[3] Sauvage honoured the Austrian explorer Franz Sikora (1863-1902), who collected the type.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Rheocles sikorae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19481A58300957. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19481A58300957.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Rheocles sikorae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Eleotris sikorae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
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