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Conservation and ecology of a new blind fish Glossogobius ankaranensis from the Ankárana Caves, Madagascar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Jane M. Wilson
Jane M. Wilson
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33 Hartington Grove, Cambridge CB1 4UA, UK
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In 1981 Fauna & Flora International's 100% Fund assisted an expedition to study the biology of the Ankárana Caves in Madagascar. A follow-up expedition collected examples of a fish that was subsequently found to be a new species. Its restricted distribution as well as existing and potential threats to its habitat mean that it must be considered as endangered.

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Oryx , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , July 1996 , pp. 218 - 221
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1996

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