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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Bedotia |
| Species: | B. marojejy |
| Binomial name | |
| Bedotia marojejy Stiassny & I. J. Harrison, 1999 | |
References
- Ravelomanana, T. (2016). "Bedotia marojejy". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44465A58306140. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44465A58306140.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Bedotia marojejy" in 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.
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