Bedotia alveyi
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Bedotia alveyi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Bedotia alveyi" in 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.
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- 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'. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.