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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).
Eponymy: Maurice Bedot (1859–1927) was a Swiss expert on Hydrozoans. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce pelágico. Tropical

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Africa: Madagascar.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.7 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 40787)

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Radios blandos anales: 16 - 19; Vértebra: 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).

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Vulnerable, ver lista roja de la UICN (VU) (B1ab(iii)); Date assessed: 15 May 2016

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 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).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 2.6 ±0.39 se; based on food items.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Bedotia masoala Sparks, 2001