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Bedotia is a genus of the family Bedotiidae of fishes endemic to Madagascar.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderAtheriniformes
  5. FamilyBedotiidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded471

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
72
Family
Bedotiidae
Collections
KU, UMMZ, MNHN, NHMUK
Recorded in
Madagascar

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Melanotaeniidae
Image
Bedotia geayi 1.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Bedotia
Commons category
Bedotia
topic's main category
Category:Bedotia
taxon common name
gavúnek
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • Description
  • Ecology
  • Etymology
  • References

Bedotia is a genus of the family Bedotiidae of fishes endemic to Madagascar.

==Taxonomy== This genus is monophyletic. Little is known regarding phylogenetic interrelationships of the numerous populations of Bedotia of eastern Madagascar, and the genus is in need of systematic revision. One author synonymized B. longianalis and B. tricolor with B. geayi with no justification. It is apparent that several species of Bedotia exist, although many of these are new to science and await description, whereas the taxonomic status of many nominal species remains uncertain.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bedotia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.