Rheocles vatosoa Stiassny et al., 2002

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Rheocles vatosoa : Stiassny et al., 2002 : 72-76, fig. 1, 4Rheocles vatosoa, a new species of freshwater rainbowfish (Atherinomorpha: Bedotiidae) from the Lokoho river basin in northeastern Madagascar. | Sparks & Smith, 2004 a : 719, 720, 723, 725, 726, 728Phylogeny and biogeography of the Malagasy and Australasian rainbowfishes (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei): Gondwanan vicariance and evolution in freshwater. | Sparks & Rush, 2005 : 40, 52A new rainbowfish (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei: Bedotiidae) from the southeastern highlands of Madagascar, with comments on the biogeography of Bedotia. | Fricke et al., 2018 : 100Annotated checklist of the fishes of Madagascar, southwestern Indian Ocean, with 158 new records..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Colour pattern : Stiassny et al., 2002 .
Current distribution known : although apparently restricted to the Lokoho drainage, this species has the widest altitudinal range so far recorded for any species of the genus with specimens collected from as low as 157 m .
Dentition : Stiassny et al., 2002 .
Distribution_references : Stiassny et al., 2002 .
Food habits : stomach contents consist almost exclusively of insect remains, most of which were of terrestrial origin. A few remains of aquatic insect larvae were present in some individuals, suggesting this species is somewhat opportunistic in diet .
Food habits_references : Stiassny et al., 2002 .
Genetics : Sparks & Smith, 2004a .
Morphology / anatomy : Stiassny et al., 2002 .
Osteology : Stiassny et al., 2002 .
Phylogeny : Sparks & Rush, 2005 | Sparks & Smith, 2004a .
Reproduction : spawning begins in late October and early November .
Reproduction_references : Stiassny et al., 2002 .
Scales : Stiassny et al., 2002 .
Size : 79.2 mm SL .
Types :
- Rheocles vatosoa Stiassny, Rodriguez & Loiselle, 2002: 72-76, fig. 1, 4. Type locality: Marovato creek at Ambodivohitra village, several kilometers north of Marovato village on the road to Ambalamangy, Antsiranana (Diego Suarez) Province, Lokoho River drainage, Andapa basin, Madagascar (14°14'95"S-49°37'74"E). Holotype AMNH 231979; paratypes AMNH 231367, AMNH 231366, AMNH 231254, AMNH 231253, MRSN P-1011, MRSN P-100, MHNG 2619.56, MNHN 2001-1239, MRAC 2001.037.P.0001-0002, UMMZ 238789.