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prising, considering the above mentioned three threats to fish diversity. Notably, no ‘fony’, (
Paratilapia
sp.), were
found, which is important information for us with relation to project supported fish farming of
Paratilapia
– an activity
that includes release of the farm raised fony into local rivers. No
Paratilapia
have yet been released by SAVA Conserva-
tion into the Bemarivo nor Androranga river systems.
Plans are already in the works to engage Dr. Tsilavina to survey rivers into which project sponsored releases of farm
raised
Paratilapia
have occurred. Such evaluation is essential in order to assess the success of the releases.
References
Sparks JS, Stiassny MLJ. 2003. Introduction to the freshwater fishes. Pages 849–863 in Goodman SM, Benstead JP,
eds. The Natural History of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Benstead, J. P., Patrick, H., Gattolliat, J. L., Gibon, F. M., Loiselle, P. V., Sartori, M., ... & Stiassny, M. L. (2003). Con-
serving Madagascar's freshwater biodiversity.
Bioscience
, 53(11), 1101-1111.
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Continued
Bedotia marojejy
, an endemic fish species found frequently during the inventory
The introduced Asian snakehead (
Channa maculata
)
