Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Trondo mainty (Ptychochromoides betsileanus), recorded as Critically Endangered
Trondo mainty (Ptychochromoides betsileanus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Trondo mainty

Ptychochromoides betsileanus

The trondo mainty is a critically endangered species of cichlid endemic to the Onilahy River Basin in southwestern Madagascar.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Ptychochromoides betsileanus
Recorded from
Madagascar
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Cichlidae · Ptychochromoides

The cichlid

The trondo mainty reaches a standard length (SL) of 24 cm (9.4 in).

Range and habitat

The trondo mainty is a critically endangered species of cichlid endemic to the Onilahy River Basin in southwestern Madagascar. Its remaining range covers less than 10 km2 (3.9 mi2) and it is highly threatened by habitat loss, fishing, and competition with/predation by introduced species.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Cichlids defend a territory or a brood. Diet in the family runs from algae scrapers to piscivores; this page does not invent a menu for one species.

In crisis

Another cichlid from the same basin, Ptychochromis onilahy, is probably already extinct.

Trondo mainty 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 Trondo mainty, Wikidata item Q2702710. 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.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Trondo mainty?
Trondo mainty is a cichlid in the family Cichlidae (order Perciformes) — Ptychochromoides betsileanus.
What is the conservation status of Trondo mainty?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Ptychochromoides betsileanus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Trondo mainty live?
The trondo mainty is a critically endangered species of cichlid endemic to the Onilahy River Basin in southwestern Madagascar.
Why is Trondo mainty in crisis?
Its remaining range covers less than 10 km2 (3.9 mi2) and it is highly threatened by habitat loss, fishing, and competition with/predation by introduced species.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Ptychochromoides betsileanus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Trondo mainty a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.