Madagascar Freshwater Fish

About

Project

An open-source platform for Madagascar's ~79 endemic freshwater fish — the island's most imperiled vertebrate group. Combines public species profiles, ex-situ breeding coordination, field program tracking, and cross-sector networking between zoos, researchers, and hobbyist breeders.

Designed to complement existing systems (ZIMS, IUCN Red List, FishBase, GBIF) rather than replace them.

Ownership

Maintained by Aleksei Saunders (Wildlife Protection Solutions). Source code: github.com/alexsaunderswps/madagascarfish. Licensed Apache-2.0.

Citations

  • Leiss, A., et al. (2022). The extinction crisis of Madagascar's freshwater fishes.
  • IUCN. Red List of Threatened Species. Version consulted at build time.
  • SHOAL. 1,000 Fishes Blueprint — global conservation priorities for freshwater fishes.