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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type locality of the holotype of Pachypanchax arnoulti: 'F2 descendant of fish collected from a Pandanus-Dracaena swamp draining into a tributary stream of the Ikopa River, flowing parallel to RN-4 at Antanimbary Village' (Ref. 57724).
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Main Ref: Loiselle, P.V., 2006
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Aplocheilidae (Killifishes)
Etymology: Pachypanchax: Greek, pachys = fat + Panchax, a word created by Meinken in 1932 word created by Meinken in 1932; arnoulti: Named for Jacques Arnoult in recognition of his many contributions to the Malagasy ichthyology and who first introduced this and other fishes from Madagascar to science and to the aquarium hobby in the 1950's (Ref. 57724).

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Africa: Madagascar (Ref. 57724).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57724)

Found in wide range of habitats: swamp whose water is clear, tannin stained, acidic, soft and deficient in dissolved substances; small creek whose water is clear, colorless, with a neutral pH, moderate hardness and deficient in dissolved substances. Feeds on terrestrial and aquatic insects and preyed upon mostly by fish-eating birds and dragonfly nymphs (Ref. 57724).

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Loiselle, P.V., 2006. A review of the Malagasy Pachypanchax (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 1366:1-44. (Ref. 57724)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(iii)); Date assessed: 15 June 2016

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5079 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Pachypanchax arnoulti Loiselle, 2006