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Bedotia madagascariensis
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. It is commonly seen in the aquarium trade, where it often has been confused with the related B. geayi. It is threatened by habitat loss.
From the article Bedotia madagascariensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
This species was described by the English ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan in 1903, with Madagascar given as the type locality. Regan deposited the type in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, erected a new genus for it, and named the new genus in honor of its director Maurice Bedot (1859–1927).
Wikipedia: “Taxonomy and etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 95603.