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Bedotia alveyi

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Bedotia alveyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Bedotia
Species:
B. alveyi
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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bedotia alveyi". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bedotia alveyi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  4. ^ 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.