Paretroplus maromandia Sparks & Reinthal, 1999
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Paretroplus maromandia Sparks & Reinthal, 1999
- Name authority
- Sparks & Reinthal, 1999
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Paretroplus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCichliformes
- familyCichlidae Bonaparte, 1835
- subfamilyEtroplinae Kullander, 1998
- genusParetroplus Bleeker, 1868
- speciesParetroplus maromandia Sparks & Reinthal, 1999
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Paretroplus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Paretroplus damii Bleeker, 1868 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paretroplus gymnopreopercularis Sparks, 2008 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paretroplus nourissati (Allgayer, 1998) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paretroplus tsimoly Stiassny, Chakrabarty & Loiselle, 2001 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paretroplus dambabe Sparks, 2002 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paretroplus lamenabe Sparks, 2008 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paretroplus loisellei Sparks & Schelly, 2011 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paretroplus maculatus Kiener & Maugé, 1966 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paretroplus menarambo Allgayer, 1996 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paretroplus petiti Pellegrin, 1929 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paretroplus polyactis Bleeker, 1878 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Sparks, J. S., & Reinthal, P. N. (1999). Paretroplus maromandia, a new cichlid fish from the northwest of Madagascar. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 727: 1–18. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4DLBY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.