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Paretroplus
Paretroplus is a genus of fishes in the cichlid family, all of which are endemic to lakes and rivers of Madagascar. The vast majority are threatened and restricted to the northwestern part of the island. Only P. polyactis is found in the southern half of Madagascar and only P. polyactis and P. gymnopreopercularis are found in eastern drainages. Most are restricted to freshwater, but at least P. polyactis and P. maromandia can also be seen in...
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 13 known species
Pinstripe Damba
speciesParetroplus menarambo
Paretroplus polyactis
speciesParetroplus polyactis
Kotsovato
speciesParetroplus kieneri
Damba
speciesParetroplus damii
Lamena
speciesParetroplus nourissati
Damba Mipentina
speciesParetroplus maculatus
Sofia
speciesParetroplus gymnopreopercularis
Paretroplus maromandia
speciesParetroplus maromandia
Paretroplus dambabe
speciesParetroplus dambabe
Giant Lamena
speciesParetroplus lamenabe
Ventitry
speciesParetroplus loisellei
Tsimoly
speciesParetroplus tsimoly
Kotso
speciesParetroplus petiti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90838.