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> Atheriniformes (Silversides) > Bedotiidae (Madagascar rainbowfishes)
Etymology: Rheocles:Greek, rheos = stream + Greek, kles, kleis = straits; derhami:Named for Patrick de Rham, director of the Aquatic Conservation Network (Ref. 39832). Eponymy: Dr Patrick Henri de Rham (d: 1936) is a Swiss zoologist, botanist, ichthyologist and aquarist in Lausanne, and was Expert Ecologist to the Coopération Technique Suisse. He is a Director of the Aquatic Conservation Network. (Also see Patrick and Rham) (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
เงี่ยงครีบหลัง (รวม) : 2; ก้านครีบอ่อนที่หาง (รวม) : 14 - 19; เงี่ยงครีบก้น: 1; ก้านครีบอ่อนที่ก้น: 15 - 21; สัตว์มีกระดูกสันหลัง: 35 - 38. Rheocles derhami is readily distinguished from R. sikorae and R. wrightae by length of upper jaw (32-41%HL versus 46-58) and absence of black pigmentation of genital papilla, from R. pellegrini by number of gill rakers on lower limb of first arch (9-10 versus 6-7), from R. lateralis by caudal peduncle length (67.3-78.6%SL versus 84.6-96.7), and from R. alaotrensis by absence of chest and belly scales and paired predorsal scale rows (Ref. 39832). In life males normally light grey, the second dorsal, anal and caudal fins are bright silvery blue, the throat region is orange-red, light grey females are not brightly colored; preserved specimens are creamy yellow, scale rows in dorsal midline heavily pigmented and darkened (Ref. 39832). Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Stiassny, M.L.J. and D.M. Rodriguez, 2001. Rheocles derhami, a new species of freshwater rainbowfish (Atherinomorpha: Bedotiidae) from the Ambomboa River in northeastern Madagascar. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(2):97-104. (Ref. 39832)
สถานะบัญชีแดงของ IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
