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Bedotia marojejy in Madagascar

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Bedotia marojejy   Stiassny & Harrison, 2000
Family:	Bedotiidae (Madagascar rainbowfishes)			picture (Bemar_f0.jpg) by Saunders, A.
Order:	Atheriniformes  (silversides)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	4.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 39866); 4.66 cm SL (female)
Environment:	pelagic
Climate:	tropical
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Distribution:	Africa: Manantenina River, Madagascar.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 6-6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal soft rays: 17-17; Vertebrae: 34-34. A series of dark blotches arrayed along the lateral midline. Low vertebral count 34 including the terminal, hypural-bearing half centrum. Gut extremely short, only about 1/3 of body length (Ref. 39866).
Biology:
Threatened:	Vulnerable, see IUCN Red List  (B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)) , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Stiassny, M.L.J. and I.J. Harrison. 2000. (Ref. 39866)
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Madagascar country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	endemic		Ref:  Sparks, J.S. and M.L.J. Stiassny, 2003
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Type locality of holotype of Bedotia marojejy: 'ca 28 km NE of the town of Andapa, at the SE boundary of the PN de Marojejy, banks of the Manantenina River' (Lokoho River basin) (Ref. 39866). Known from Lokoho River (Ref. 56177).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ma.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Stiassny, M.L.J. and I.J. Harrison, 2000
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