''Pachypanchax patriciae'' is a species of
killifish from the
family Aplocheilidae. It is
endemic to Madagascar where it occurs in the basins of the
Mananjeba,
Mahavavy du Nord,
Ifasy,
Manehoko, and
Ampandra rivers in the north west of the island.
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
of this fish honours the
Malagasy conservationist Patricia Yazgi (1946-2006), who ran the charity Friends of Fishes and who supported efforts to document and conserve the freshwater fish fauna of Madagascar.
This species appears to feed mainly the adults and nymphs of terrestrial insects and on the larvae of aquatic insects and its most important predators are fish-eating birds and dragonfly nymphs. It may, however, be threatened by introduced alien fishes in some areas.
References
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patriciae
Taxa named by Paul V. Loiselle
Fish described in 2006