Biology:Bedotia madagascariensis

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Bedotia madagascariensis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
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. 1.0 1.1 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2721/58294066. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Bedotia madagascariensis" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
  3. SeriouslyFish: Bedotia madagascarensis. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Bedotia madagascarensis". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=14026. 
  5. "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 1 January 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/atheriniformes1/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q139454 entry