''Bedotia alveyi'', the Makira rainbowfish, is a species of
Madagascar rainbowfish from rivers and streams in the
Makira region of
Madagascar where it occurs in the tributaries of the
Antainambalana and
Vohimaro rivers.
This species was
described in 2010 by Christopher C. Jones, Leo Smith and John S. Sparks from
types collected from a small stream north of
Ambodivoankongy, in a tributary of the Antainambalana River in
Toamasina Province.
The
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References
* Jones, C. C., W. Leo Smith, and J. S. Sparks (2010). ''A New Species of Rainbowfish (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei: Bedotiidae) from the Makira Region of Northeastern Madagascar.'' Copeia 2010 (2): 284–291.
doi:10.1643/CI-09-187.
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alveyi
Freshwater fish of Madagascar
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Fish described in 2010
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