Bedotia tricolor

Bedotia tricolor is a species of Madagascar rainbowfish endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is rivers.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] This species was described by Jacques Pellegrin in 1932 with the type locality given as a tributary of the Faraony River in the area of Manakara.[3]

Bedotia tricolor

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Bedotia
Species:
B. tricolor
Binomial name
Bedotia tricolor
Pellegrin, 1932

Sources

  1. Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. & Loiselle, P.V. (2016). "Bedotia tricolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T2722A58294130. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T2722A58294130.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Bedotia tricolor" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Bedotia tricolor". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 June 2019.


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