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Malagodon honahona Carr, Martin & Sparks, 2024 |
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photo by
Sparks, J.S. |
| Family: | Pantanodontidae (Spine killifishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 2.39 cm SL (male/unsexed); 1.89 cm SL (female) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Africa: Madagascar. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal soft rays: 15-17; Vertebrae: 30-32. This species is distinguished from Malagodon madagascariensis by the following apomorphic features: lower anal-fin ray count 15-17 (vs. 18-19); longer caudal peduncle 26.8-39.8 (vs. 21.9-26.7% SL); expanded and platelike neural spine on arch of fifth vertebral centrum in both sexes (vs. thin and spinelike); neural spines on both sixth and seventh vertebral centra omewhat expanded and platelike dorsally (vs. narrow and spinelike) (Ref. 131565). | |||
| Biology: | Inhabits a small, turbid swamp, with only a thin layer of clear water over a much more extensive highly sedimented layer, and all specimens were collected from this thin top layer of clear water (Ref. 131565). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||