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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] It is commonly seen in the aquarium trade, where it often has been confused with the related B. geayi.[3] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1903 with Madagascar given as the type locality,[4] Regan deposited the type in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève and named the genus in honour of its director Maurice Bedot (1859-1927).[5]

Bedotia madagascariensis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Melanotaeniidae
Genus:	Bedotia
Species:	B. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Bedotia madagascariensis Regan, 1903

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