Rheocles wrightae

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 wrightae
Name

Rheocles wrightae Stiassny, 1990
References

Stiassny, M. L. J. (1990) Notes on the anatomy and relationships of the bedotiid fishes of Madagascar, with a taxonomic revision of the genus Rheocles. (Atherinomorpha, Bedotiidae). American Museum Novitates. 2979: 1–33.

Links

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

Rheocles wrightae, is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Madagascar where its occurs in the Manambola River, near Anosibe.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] It was described by Melanie Stiassny in 1990 from a type locality given as "Sandrangato River, south of Moramanga".[3] The specific name honours the American primatologist Patricia Wright.[4]
References

Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Rheocles wrightae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19482A58301010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19482A58301010.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Rheocles wrightae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rheocles wrightae". 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.