Katria

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,^[1] that was formerly included in the genus Ptychochromoides.^[2] The only other monotypic cichlid genus in Madagascar is Oxylapia, and it is restricted to the same region as Katria.^[3] In 2010, the Nosivolo River was designated as a Ramsar Site.^[4] The Katria reaches about 13 centimetres (5.1 in) in length.^[5]

Katria
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Ptychochrominae
Genus:	Katria Stiassny & Sparks, 2006
Species:	K. katria
Binomial name
Katria katria (Reinthal & Stiassny, 1997)
Synonyms
Ptychochromoides katria Reinthal & Stiassny, 1997