Ptychochromoides itasy

Ptychochromoides itasy is a species of cichlid fish from central Madagascar. Until rediscovered in a pond at a tributary of the Tsiribihina River in late 2010, it was only known from Lake Itasy where last seen in the 1970s.^[3][4] The reason for its extirpation from Lake Itasy was likely habitat degradation and competition/predation by introduced species.^[1]

Ptychochromoides itasy
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Ptychochromoides
Species:	P. itasy
Binomial name
Ptychochromoides itasy Sparks, 2004[2]