Rheocles
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Rheocles is a genus of Madagascar rainbowfish. Rheocles has a restricted distribution, being found only in certain forested freshwater habitats in the central and eastern highlands of Madagascar including the Nosivolo River.[1] The genus appears to feed almost exclusively on allochthonous material, primarily insects falling onto the water surface.[2]
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Rheocles | |
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Rheocles alaotrensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Subfamily: | Bedotiinae |
Genus: | Rheocles D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1919 |
Type species | |
Eleotris sikorae Sauvage, 1891 | |
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