Katria katria
Sign in to saveKatria is a genus of freshwater fish in the cichlid family. It contains the single species Katria katria, a vulnerable species from the Mangoro and Nosivolo Rivers in east-central Madagascar, that was formerly included in the genus Ptychochromoides. The only other monotypic cichlid genus in Madagascar is Oxylapia, and it is restricted to the same region as Katria. In 2010, the Nosivolo River was designated as a Ramsar Site. The Katria reaches about in length.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Katria katria is referenced by 9 other articles, and connects out to Cichlidae, Madagascar and Animalia.
It sits within the topics Cichlid genera, Fish described in 1997 and Freshwater fish of Madagascar.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
EndangeredKatria Cichlid
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCichlidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Collections
- UMMZ, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS
- Recorded in
- Madagascar
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- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- taxon name
- Katria katria
- endemic to
- Madagascar
- short name
- K. katria
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Katria is a genus of freshwater fish in the cichlid family. It contains the single species Katria katria, a vulnerable species from the Mangoro and Nosivolo Rivers in east-central Madagascar, that was formerly included in the genus Ptychochromoides. The only other monotypic cichlid genus in Madagascar is Oxylapia, and it is restricted to the same region as Katria. In 2010, the Nosivolo River was designated as a Ramsar Site. The Katria reaches about in length.
==References==
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