Male in the aquarium
A male of Paretroplus tsimoly swimming in the impressive 12,000 liters Madagascar cichlid aquarium of Jean Claude Nourissat in Solliès [France].Photo by Jean Claude Nourissat. determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Etroplinae

Genus
Paretroplus

Group
Low bodied

Status
valid


Paretroplus tsimoly Stiassny, Chakrabarty, & Loiselle, 2001

Original description as Paretroplus tsimoly:

ZooBank:70A0FCE8-EBAA-4CF9-BAEB-1C946BC32958.

  • Stiassny, Melanie & P. Chakrabarty & P.V. Loiselle. 2001. "Relationships of the Madagascan cichlid genus Paretroplus, with description of a new species from the Betsiboka River drainage of northwestern Madagascar". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. v. 12 (n. 1), pp 29-40 (crc00326) (abstract)
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Conservation: Paretroplus tsimoly is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (2016).

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