Overview
Family : Madagascar rainbowfishes;
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Zona
Description
Family Bedotiidae
Distribution: Madagascar. Similar to atherinids. Posterior six or seven caudal vertebrae thickened; single elongate infraorbital behind lachrymal ; medial process of pelvic girdle asymmetrical.The family Bedotiidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Atheriniformes. It contains 2 genera and 9 species. It may be found in Freshwater environments and is primarily Secondary freshwater. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is carangiform . This family may be found from 12° n to 25° s and 47° w to 50° e.
Habitat
Biome: Fresh water . Pelagic.
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Atheriniformes
()
- Family:
Bedotiidae
()
- Madagascar rainbowfishes
- Genus:
Rheocles
()
- Stiassny, Rodriguez and Loiselle, 2002
- Specific name:
pellegrini
- (Nichols & La Monte, 1931)
- Scientific name: - Rheocles pellegrini (Nichols & La Monte, 1931)
- Specific name:
pellegrini
- (Nichols & La Monte, 1931)
- Genus:
Rheocles
(
- Family:
Bedotiidae
(
- Order:
Atheriniformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Rheocloides pellegrini Nichols and La Monte, 1931
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 15-May-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rheocles
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
R. alaotrensis (Katrana) · R. derhami · R. lateralis (Zona) · R. lateralis and (Zona) · R. pellegrini (Zona) · R. sikorae (Zona) · R. vatosoa · R. wrightae (Zona)
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Loiselle, P.V. and Stiassny, M.L.J. 2003. Rheocles. In: S.M. Goodman and J.P. Benstead (eds) The Natural History of Madagascar, pp. 868-870. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
- Nichols, J.T. and LaMonte, F.R. 1931. Rheocleoides, a new atherinid fish from Madagascar. American Museum Novitates. 508:2.
- Stiassny, M.L.J. 1990. Notes on the anatomy and relationships of the bedotiid fishes of Madagascar, with a taxonomic revision of the genus Rheocles (Atherinomorpha: Bedotiidae). American Museum Novitates, 2979: 1-33.
Notes
Contributors
- Amaoka, Kunio (from FishBase).
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 10, 2006.
- FishBase 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop, Mantasoa, Madagascar 2001 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Loiselle, P. and participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Rheocles pellegrini. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3858611
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-17199
- Fishbase Species ID: 9886
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 630845
- IUCN ID: 19480
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10628
