Bedotia tricolor

Bedotia tricolor
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Melanotaeniidae
Genus:	Bedotia
Species:	B. tricolor
Binomial name
Bedotia tricolor Pellegrin, 1932

Bedotia tricolor is a species of Madagascar rainbowfish endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is rivers.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] This species was described by Jacques Pellegrin in 1932 with the type locality given as a tributary of the Faraony River in the area of Manakara.[3]

Sources

1. Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S.; Loiselle, P.V. (2016). "Bedotia tricolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T2722A58294130. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T2722A58294130.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bedotia tricolor". FishBase. April 2019 version.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bedotia tricolor". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 June 2019.