Ptychochromis makira Stiassny & Sparks, 2006Last updated on 11-Nov-2006. Please login to view this full profile. If you are not yet a susbcriber, you will be able to see this and other species full profiles, as well as all the photos and videos in the cichlid catalog by becoming a subscriber of the Cichlid Room Companion. Become a subscriber and get a free book the same value of your membership! You can also open the full profile for everyone to see by sponsor this cichlid species and support the Cichlid Room Companion. This species has been profiled. Original description as Ptychochromis makira:
Conservation: Ptychochromis makira is not evaluated by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2008). Although once common throughout the region, Ptychochromis makira has suffered a severe decline in abundance in recent years, according to local fishermen. Little original riparian vegetation remains in the lower reaches of the Antainambalana River basin. Fishing pressure is high in the region surrounding Maroansetra and habitat degradation has been widespread throughout the Antainambalana basin. Local fishermen report that the species is now rare (Stiassny & Sparks, 2006). | |||
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