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The entire family of Bedotiidae is endemic to Madagascar. [1] Bedotiins occur exclusively in freshwater environments and are distributed in small to medium-sized forested rivers and streams, occasionally in swamps and marshes, spanning nearly the entire eastern slope of Madagascar (R. derhami is recorded from a westward draining Sofia River basin in the northeast of the island).
Rheocles is a genus of Madagascar rainbowfish. Rheocles has a restricted distribution, being found only in certain forested freshwater habitats in the central and eastern highlands of Madagascar including the Nosivolo River. [1] The genus appears to feed almost exclusively on allochthonous material, primarily insects falling onto the water ...
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. [2]
A 2004 study supported three major, more or less geographically distinct, clades of Bedotia, one comprising species with distributions ranging from mid- to southeastern Madagascar (B. madagascariensis, B. geayi, and B. tricolor, plus four undescribed species), another including species restricted to eastern drainages north of the Masoala ...
The red-tailed silverside, or zona (Bedotia geayi) is a species of Madagascar rainbowfish endemic to the Mananjary River drainage in Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss and introduced species. [1] It has often been confused with the related B. madagascariensis, which is common in the aquarium trade.
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]
Rheocles sikorae is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Madagascar where found in tropical rivers and streams. [1] [2] It can reach the maximum recorded length of 11.5 cm (4.5 in). [2]
Bedotia longianalis is a species of Madagascar rainbowfish endemic to Madagascar. [2] Its natural habitat is the lower reaches of rivers and its range extends from the Ifontsy to the Anove rivers and it is also found on Île Sainte-Marie, in north-eastern Madagascar. [1]