Sauvagella robusta is a small species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is endemic to the Amboaboa and Mangarahara River Basins in northern Madagascar.Stiassny, M.L.J. (2002). Revision of Sauvagella Bertin (Clupeidae: Pellonulinae: Ehiravini) with a description of a new species from the freshwaters of Madagascar and diagnosis of Ehiravini. Copeia 2002(1): 67-76. This relatively slender fish reaches a length of ,Loiselle, P. (2009). Sauvagella robusta picture. FishBase. Retrieved 27 June 2014. and is overall pale yellowish with silvery on the lower parts. Its current population trend is unclear, but the cichlid Ptychochromis insolitus, which is highly threatened from habitat loss, is native to the same region.Stiassny, M., and Sparks, J. S. (2006). Phylogeny and Taxonomic Revision of the Endemic Malagasy Genus Ptychochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with the Description of Five New Species and a Diagnosis for Katria, New Genus. American Museum Novitates 3535. Sauvagella robusta is known to survive at least in Lake Tseny.IUCN, Freshwater Fish Specialist Group: Madagascar. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
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