Pachypanchax varatraza Loiselle, 2006

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Pachypanchax varatraza : Loiselle, 2006 : 20-25, fig. 8-10A review of the Malagasy Pachypanchax (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae), with descriptions of four new species. | Neumann, 2015 : 7Überlegungen zum Artenproblem bei Eierlegenden Zahnkarpfen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Vertreter der Gattung Pachypanchax von Madagaskar. | Fricke et al., 2018 : 108Annotated checklist of the fishes of Madagascar, southwestern Indian Ocean, with 158 new records..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Colour pattern : Loiselle, 2006 .
Current distribution known : native to the basins of the Menambery, Fanambana and Ampanobe rivers in northeastern Madagascar .
Food habits / trophic level : ants and other insects (stranding); also, equally, larvae of insects and small atyd shrimps from substratum (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) | feeds on terrestrial and aquatic insects .
Food habits / trophic level_references : Loiselle, 2006 .
Habitat / home range : found in a wide range of habits: stream flowing under relatively intact forest cover at an altitude of 70 m above sea level consisting of a series of quiet pools with clay/sand bottoms, interspersed with short stretches of flowing water over sand/ gravel bottoms and with very turbid water; and stream flowing through modified low-altitude rain forest at an altitude of 30 m above sea level consisting of clay/sand bottom, interspersed with patches of bedrock with clear water and moderate current .
Life span : 5 years in aquarium (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
Morphology / anatomy : Loiselle, 2006 .
Reproduction : laying egg on aquatic plants and roots; 2 weeks incubation; eggs diameter 1.5 mm (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
Reproduction_references : Loiselle, 2006 .
Size : 63,3 mm SL .
Types :
- Pachypanchax varatraza Loiselle, 2006: 20-25, fig. 8-10. Type locality: Mahazava Creek at village of same name (13°52'97"S-49°56'22"E), Ampanobe drainage, Madagascar. Holotype: AMNH 235858. Paratypes: AMNH 211333 (7), 231244 (8), 235519 (1).