Rheocles vatosoa is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is the Lokoho River basin.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.
Rheocles vatosoa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Genus: | Rheocles |
Species: | R. vatosoa
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Binomial name | |
Rheocles vatosoa |
Sources
edit- ^ Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Rheocles vatosoa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44660A58309149. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44660A58309149.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Stiassny & Loiselle, 2002.Rheocles vatosoa, a new species of freshwater rainbowfish (Atherinomorpha: Bedotiidae) from the Lokoho River basin in Northeastern Madag