Bedotia madagascariensis

Bedotia madagascariensis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Bedotiidae
Genus:	Bedotia
Species:	B. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Bedotia madagascariensis Regan, 1903

Bedotia madagascariensis (known locally as zona) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Bedotiidae. As all other species in the family, it is endemic to Madagascar, where it is found in rivers and lakes between the Ivoloina River and the Manambolo Creek. ^[2] It is threatened by habitat loss. ^[1]

Taxonomy and etymology

This species was described by the English ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan in 1903, with Madagascar given as the type locality. ^[3] Regan deposited the type in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, erected a new genus for it, and named the new genus in honor of its director Maurice Bedot (1859–1927). ^[4]

Relationship with humans

It is seen in the aquarium trade, where it is often confused with the related B. geayi . ^[5]

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 . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Bedotia madagascariensis". FishBase .
3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bedotia madagascarensis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 June 2019.
4. 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.
5. SeriouslyFish: Bedotia madagascarensis. Retrieved 3 July 2014.