Bedotia madagascariensis
Bedotia madagascariensis (zona) is a species of fish in the family Bedotiidae. It is endemic to Madagascar, where found in rivers and lakes between the Ivoloina River and the Manambolo Creek.[2] It is commonly seen in the aquarium trade, where it often has been confused with the related B. geayi.[3] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1903 with Madagascar given as the type locality,[4] Regan deposited the type in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève and named the genus in honour of its director Maurice Bedot (1859-1927).[5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Bedotia |
| Species: | B. madagascariensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bedotia madagascariensis Regan, 1903 | |
Sources
- Ravelomanana, T. & Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Bedotia madagascariensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T2721A58294066. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T2721A58294066.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Bedotia madagascariensis" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
- SeriouslyFish: Bedotia madagascarensis. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Bedotia madagascarensis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (1 January 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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