Katria katria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: |
Katria Stiassny & Sparks, 2006 |
Species: | K. katria |
Binomial name | |
Katria katria (Reinthal & Stiassny, 1997) |
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Synonyms | |
Ptychochromoides katria Reinthal & Stiassny, 1997 |
Ptychochromoides katria Reinthal & Stiassny, 1997
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 single-species 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 13 centimetres (5.1 in) in length.