Bedotia geayi Pellegrin, 1907 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Behaviour / ethology : Schmidt, 1960 (in aquarium) | Siegl, 1960 (in aquarium) .
  • Chromosomes : Vasil'ev, 1980 .
  • Colour pattern : Loiselle & Rodriguez, 2007 .
  • Common names : Madagaskar-regnbuefisk (Danish), Red-Tailed Silverside / Zona (English), Revontulikala (Finnish), Madagaskar-Ährenfisch / Rotgeschwänzter Ährenfisch / Rotschwanz-Ährenfisch (German) .
  • Current distribution known : Mananjary River basin, eastern Madagascar .
  • Distribution_references : Loiselle & Rodriguez, 2007 .
  • Genetics : Sparks & Smith, 2004a .
  • Habitat / home range : prefers well-shaded, quieter sections of small streams at altitudes of 300 to 650 meters above sea level; not collected in low altitude habitats in the Mananjary basin, probably because of increased silt loads and higher water temperatures due to deforestation in the area around the town of Mananjary; observed swimming in loose, size-graded associations of up to a dozen individuals; juveniles usually found in the shallows, adults frequent deeper water .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Jones et al., 2010 | Loiselle & Rodriguez, 2007 .
  • Phylogeny : Jones et al., 2010 | Sparks & Rush, 2005 | Sparks & Smith, 2004a .
  • Reproduction_references : Schmidt, 1960 | Siegl, 1960 .
  • Size : 90 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Bedotia geayi Pellegrin, 1907 c: 205. Type locality: "Mananjary", eastern Madagascar Syntypes MNHN n° 1907-35 to 37.