Bedotia albomarginata

Bedotia albomarginata is a species of Madagascar rainbowfish from the Mananara and Reinana river basins in Madagascar.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] This species was described by John Sparks and Leila Rush in 2005 from types collected near the towns of Vondrozo and Vevembe from the Sahapindra River, which is a tributary of the Mananara River, in Fianarantsoa Province.[3]

Bedotia albomarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Bedotia
Species:
B. albomarginata
Binomial name
Bedotia albomarginata
Sparks & Rush, 2005

References

  1. FishBase team RMCA; Ravelomanana; T. & Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Bedotia albomarginata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T55324377A58340489. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T55324377A58340489.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Bedotia albomarginata" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Bedotia albomarginata". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

Sources

  • Sparks, J.S., and L.M.R. Rush (2005). A new rainbowfish (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei: Bedotiidae) from the southeastern highlands of Madagascar, with comments on the biogeography of Bedotia. Zootaxa 1051: 39–54.
  • Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Bedotia sp. nov. 'Vevembe'. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.


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