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]
Bedotia marojejy | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Genus: | Bedotia |
Species: | B. marojejy
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Binomial name | |
Bedotia marojejy Stiassny & I. J. Harrison, 1999
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References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bedotia marojejy". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bedotia marojejy". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ 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.