Paratilapia polleni

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Cichlids ;

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Paracara typus Bleeker • Paratilapia bleekeri Sauvage • Paratilapia typus (Bleeker

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 23-Mar-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Paratilapia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. afra (Spangled Cichlid) · P. carlottae (Rainbow Happy) · P. chilotes (Malawi Eye-Biter) · P. longimanus (Longfin Largemouth) · P. maculipinna (Alkali Cichlid) · P. nigripinnis (Haplochromis Lepturus Line) · P. polleni (Marakely) · P. thomasi (African Butterfly Cichlid) · P. vittata (Striped Kivu Haplo)

More Info

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Further Reading

• ... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 348.
• 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 112.
• A bibliography of fishes, New York, American Museum of Natural History, 1916-1923. url .
• A bibliography of fishes, by Bashford Dean. .. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1916-1923. url p. 134, p. 134.
• A floral and faunal inventory of the Parc national de Marojejy, Madagascar: with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor. 97 2000 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c2000. url p. 149, p. 150, p. 155.
• Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, D.C.: The Society, 1918- url p. 189, p. 98.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 145, p. 158, p. 163, p. 198.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 151 1986 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url , p. 270.
• Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history). .. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]1909-16. url .
• Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 960.
• Madagascar: an environmental profile IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 193, p. 194, p. 73.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 547, p. 559.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 421, p. 421.
• The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 348.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Paratilapia polleni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:

• Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 134687
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-32988
• Fishbase Species ID: 8786
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13552551
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 649391
• IUCN ID: 230318
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8903

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