''Pachypanchax varatraza'' is a species of
Aplocheilid killifish
A killifish is any of various oviparous (egg-laying) cyprinodontiform fish (including families Aplocheilidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Profundulidae and Valenciidae). All together, there are 1,270 species of killifish, the biggest family ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
where it is found in the
Menambery,
Fanambana
Fanambana is a town and commune ( mg, kaominina) in northern Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Vohemar, which is a part of Sava Region.
Geography
The town is situated at the Fanambana River and the Route nationale 5a between Vohemar and ...
and
Ampanobe rivers. Its natural
habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
is streams and pools.
It is threatened by invasive species.
References
* Loiselle, P. 2006
A review of the Malagasy ''Pachypanchax'' (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae), with descriptions of four new species ''Zootaxa 1366: 1–44 (2006)''
*
varatraza
Taxa named by Paul V. Loiselle
Freshwater fish of Madagascar
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Fish described in 2006
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