Bedotia marojejy

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Bedotia marojejy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Bedotiidae
Genus: Bedotia
Species:
B. marojejy
Binomial name
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]

References

  1. 1 2 Ravelomanana, T. (2016). "Bedotia marojejy". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T44465A58306140. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44465A58306140.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bedotia marojejy". FishBase . April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (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.