Rheocles pellegrini

Short description: Species of fish

Rheocles pellegrini

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Atheriniformes
Family:  | Melanotaeniidae
Genus:  | Rheocles
Species:  |

R. pellegrini

Binomial name
Rheocles pellegrini

(Nichols & La Monte, 1931)

Synonyms

Rheocloides pellegrini Nichols & La Monte, 1932

Rheocles pellegrini is a species of rainbowfish from the subfamily Bedotiinae. It is endemic to Madagascar .[2] Its natural habitat is rivers. This species was described by John Treadwell Nichols and Francesca Raimonde La Monte in 1931[3] from a type collected "one day west of Andapa." by Austin L. Rand and P. A. DuMont who were part of the "Archbold Expedition" to Madagascar of 1929–1931. R. pellegrini was not then recorded until the 21st century when populations were found in the area of the type locality.[1] The specific name honours the French ichthyologist Jacques Pellegrin (1873–1944).[4]

## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2020). "Rheocles pellegrini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T19480A177132516. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T19480A177132516.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19480/177132516. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Rheocles pellegrini" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Rheocloides pellegrini". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=14120.
4. ↑ "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 14 March 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/atheriniformes2/.

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