Bedotia alveyi
| Bedotia alveyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Bedotia |
| Species: | B. alveyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Bedotia alveyi | |
Bedotia alveyi, the Makira rainbowfish, is a species of Madagascar rainbowfish from rivers and streams in the Makira region of Madagascar where it occurs in the tributaries of the Antainambalana and Vohimaro rivers.[2] This species was described in 2010 by Christopher C. Jones, Leo Smith and John S. Sparks from types collected from a small stream north of Ambodivoankongy, in a tributary of the Antainambalana River in Toamasina Province.[3] The specific name honours Mark Alvey of the Field Museum in Chicago.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ FishBase team RMCA.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Bedotia alveyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T55324446A58340494. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T55324446A58340494.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bedotia alveyi". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bedotia alveyi". 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.
- Jones, C. C., W. Leo Smith, and J. S. Sparks (2010). A New Species of Rainbowfish (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei: Bedotiidae) from the Makira Region of Northeastern Madagascar. Copeia 2010 (2): 284–291. doi:10.1643/CI-09-187.
- Loiselle, P. (2004). "Bedotia sp. nov. 'Makira'". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44476A10906667. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44476A10906667.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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