Critically Endangered
Paretroplus menarambo
Paretroplus menarambo
Paretroplus menarambo is a cichlid in the family Cichlidae (order Perciformes), recorded as Critically Endangered.
Appearance
The coloration is brown-gray with vertical darker bands. The fins are gray with reddish-brown border. The tail fin is crescent-shaped.
The pinstripe menarambo is a relatively deep-bodied Paretroplus that reaches 12.8–25 centimetres (5.0–9.8 in) in length.
Range and habitat
This species is present in the floodplain lakes in the Sofia River system in northwestern Madagascar. It was formerly classified as extinct in the wild by the IUCN, but a remnant population has recently been discovered in Lake Tseny. The same lake also has populations of the related P. Kieneri and P. Lamenabe, and the round herring Sauvagella robusta.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
It is part of a captive breeding program by public institutions like London Zoo and Bolton Museum and among fishkeeping hobbyists.
In crisis
It is threatened by invasive species and over-fishing.
Paretroplus menarambo is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Paretroplus menarambo, Wikidata item Q3231973. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
