Bedotia madagascariensis

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

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]

Sources

  1. 1 2 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 . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Bedotia madagascariensis". FishBase .
  3. SeriouslyFish: Bedotia madagascarensis. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (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.