Bedotia marojejy

Bedotia marojejy is a freshwater species of fish in the Bedotiidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar and can be found in the Manantenina River.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] This species was described by Melanie Stiassny nd Ian Harrison in 2000 from types collected from the Manantenina River on the south eastern boundary of the Marojejy National Park,[3] after which the species is named.[4]

Bedotia marojejy
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Bedotia
Species:
B. marojejy
Binomial name
Bedotia marojejy
Stiassny & I. J. Harrison, 1999

References

  1. Ravelomanana, T. (2016). "Bedotia marojejy". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44465A58306140. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44465A58306140.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Bedotia marojejy" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Bedotia marojejy". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 June 2019.


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