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Bedotiidae (Madagascar rainbowfishes)
Etymology: Bedotia: After Maurice Bedot, 1859-1927; born in Geneva, systematist on Hydrozoan; masoala: Named after the Masoala Peninsula in northeastern Madagascar, where the species occurs and is likely endemic (Ref. 40787).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce pélagique. Tropical
Africa: Madagascar.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.7 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 40787)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous anaux: 16 - 19; Vertèbres: 35 - 37. Body elongate and laterally compressed (Ref. 40787). Mouth large and oblique (Ref. 40787). Snout elongate, dorso-ventrally compressed and flattened (Ref. 40787). Presence of palatine tooth patches and well-developed endopterygoid tooth patches (Ref. 40787). First dorsal fin with 4-6 unbranched rays, second dorsal fin with 11-13 rays (Ref. 40787). Cycloid scales: 16-18 predorsal scales, 36-38 scales in a longitudinal series (Ref. 40787). No solid, broad, midlateral band, but the presence of a unique pattern of numerous small and irregularly shaped black blotches, streaks, and speckles on the flanks in males, producing a barred or mottled lateral pigmentation pattern (Ref. 40787).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Sparks, J.S., 2001. Bedotia masoala: a new species of atherinoid rainbowfish (Teleostei: Bedotiidae) from the Masoala Peninsula, northeastern Madagascar. Copeia 2001(2):482-489. (Ref. 40787)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 2.6 ±0.39 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).