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]

Bedotia madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Bedotia
Species:
B. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Bedotia madagascariensis
Regan, 1903

Sources
  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Bedotia madagascariensis" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
  3. SeriouslyFish: Bedotia madagascarensis. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  4. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Bedotia madagascarensis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  5. 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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