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Bedotia geayi in Madagascar
Red-Tailed Silverside

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Bedotia geayi   Pellegrin, 1907
Family:	Bedotiidae (Madagascar rainbowfishes)			picture (Begea_m0.jpg) by Loiselle, P.V.
Order:	Atheriniformes  (silversides)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Red-Tailed Silverside
Max. size:	9.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4114)
Environment:	pelagic; pH range: 7 - 8; dH range: 9 - 19
Climate:	tropical; 20 - 24°C
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:
Distribution:	Africa: eastern Madagascar.
Biology:	Occurs in coastal rivers, up to an altitude of 500 m (Ref. 3788)
Threatened:	Vulnerable, see IUCN Red List  (B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)) , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Maugé, L.A.. 1986. (Ref. 4114)
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Madagascar country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	endemic		Ref:  Stiassny, M.L.J. and N. Raminosoa, 1994
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from Mananjary River (Ref. 56177), lower reaches of coastal rivers from the Ifontsy northward to the Marimbona (Ref. 56177), Ile Sainte Marie (Ref. 56177), and Faraony River (Ref. 56177). Also Ref. 4114, 13333.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ma.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Sparks, J.S. and M.L.J. Stiassny, 2003
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	Modified:  Boden, Gert	Entered:  Sa-a, Pascualita

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