Rheocles sikorae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Atheriniformes
Subordo: Atherinoidei

Familia: Bedotiidae
Genus: Rheocles
Species: Rheocles sikorae
Name

Rheocles sikorae (Sauvage, 1891)
Synonyms

Eleotris sikorae Sauvage, 1891

References

Sauvage, H. E. (1891) Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. Volume XVI. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar.: 521 [footnote 5].

Links

Rheocles sikorae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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

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

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

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.
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.