How many Ptychochromis?

[Lisachromis]

Hi!

I was just trying to keep up with the situation of cichlids in Madagascar lately, and was reading a fairly new issue of Cichlid News. I was reading Sonia's article on Ptychochromis. That got me to thinking.... how many Ptychochromis are there? Official species and "sp." included.... Does anyone know?

[michi tobler]

De Rham and Nourissat list following species/ forms in their marvellous book:

P. oligacanthus
P. oligacanthus var. Nossibeensis
P. inornatus
P. sp. vert de la Montagne d’Ambre
P. sp. de la Manajeba
P. sp. de la Mangarahara (Mandritsara)
P. sp. du Sud-ouest
P. sp. de la Mahanara (Nord-est)
P. sp. „Noir“ de la Côte Est (Ambila)
P. sp. „Jaune“ de la Côte Est (P. grandidieri?)
P. sp. du Sud de la Côte Est

as far as I know, patrick is working on an english version of the bokk at the moment. but i have no idea when it's gonna be published.

michi

[Philippe Burnel]

have a look to Sparks"s publication it's here :
http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief14_4_05.pdf

[sonia]

Hi all,
Richi has mentioned nearly all the Ptychochromis mentioned in Jean-Claude and Patrick's book. However, there are also 2 others, Pty. sp. Tarantsy and Pty. sp. Manampanihy, so it would seem that there are several species within the Ptychochromis genus.

Regarding the English version of the Mada book, next week, I am going to Patrick's home in Switzerland to complete the final English correction. Hopefully the book will be published in the near future.

Regards,
Sonia

[Lisachromis]

Ok, so far the answer is 13. What a number! Thanks for all the clarifications.