FAMILY Bedotiidae Jordan & Hubbs, 1919 - Madagascar rainbowfishes, silversides [=Rheoclinae] Notes: Bedotiinae Jordan & Hubbs, 1919:19 [ref. 2485] (subfamily) Bedotia [Jordan 1923a:177 [ref. 2421] selected Bedotiidae] Rheoclinae Jordan & Hubbs, 1919:20 [ref. 2485] (subfamily) Rheocles [changed to Rheoclesinae by Smith 1965a:630 [ref. 4135]]

GENUS Bedotia Regan, 1903 - Madagascar rainbowfishes, silversides [=Bedotia Regan [C. T.], 1903:416] Notes: [ref. 3620]. Fem. Bedotia madagascariensis Regan, 1903. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Bedotia Regan, 1903 -- (White et al. 1984:360 [ref. 13655], Maugé 1986:277 [ref. 6218], Mailliet & Saunders 2004:46 [ref. 28409], Sparks & Rush 2005:39 [ref. 28355], Loiselle & Rodriguez 2007:2 [ref. 29326], Jones et al. 2010:284 [ref. 30832], Campanella et al. 2015:16 [ref. 33711]). Current status: Valid as Bedotia Regan, 1903. Bedotiidae.

Species Bedotia albomarginata Sparks & Rush, 2005 – Sahapindra River rainbowfish [=Bedotia albomarginata Sparks [J. S.] & Rush [L. M. R.], 2005:40, Figs. 2-4, Bedotia vondrozo Sparks [J. S.] & Stiassny [M. L. J.] 2003] Notes: [Zootaxa No. 1051; ref. 28355] Sahapindra River, near towns of Vondrozo and Vevembe, Mananara drainage basin, Fianarantosoa Province, southern highlands, Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Bedotia albomarginata Sparks & Rush, 2005. Bedotiidae. Distribution: Southeastern highlands, Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater. (vondrozo) Current status: Synonym of Bedotia albomarginata Sparks & Rush, 2005. Bedotiidae.

Species Bedotia alveyi Jones et al., 2010 – Makira rainbowfish [=Bedotia alveyi Jones [C. C.], Smith [W. L.] & Sparks [J. S.], 2010:285, Figs. 2-3] Notes: [Copeia 2010 (no. 2); ref. 30832] Small stream north of Ambodivoankongy, tributary of Antainambalana River, Sahavilory, 15°17'24.0"S, 49°37'02.4"E, Province of Toamasina, Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Bedotia alveyi Jones, Smith & Sparks, 2010. Bedotiidae. Distribution: Antainambalana River drainage, Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Bedotia geayi Pellegrin, 1907 – redtailed silverside [=Bedotia geayi Pellegrin [J.], 1907:205] Notes: [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 13 (no. 3); ref. 15164] Mananjary, Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Bedotia geayi Pellegrin, 1907. Bedotiidae. Distribution: Mananjary River basin, Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Bedotia leucopteron Loiselle & Rodriguez, 2007 – Sandrakatrana rainbowfish [=Bedotia leucopteron Loiselle [P. V.] & Rodriguez [D.], 2007:11, Fig. 6-9] Notes: [Zootaxa No. 1520; ref. 29326] Sandrakatrana Stream at Ampasimbe Village, Toamasina Province, Madagascar, 18°56'26"S, 48°41'01"E, elevation 126 meters. Current status: Valid as Bedotia leucopteron Loiselle & Rodriguez, 2007. Bedotiidae. Distribution: Iaroka-Rianila basin, eastern Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Bedotia longianalis Pellegrin, 1914 – Mahambo rainbowfish [=Bedotia longianalis Pellegrin [J.], 1914:178] Notes: [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 39; ref. 14167] Market in Mahambo, Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Bedotia longianalis Pellegrin, 1914. Bedotiidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Bedotia madagascariensis Regan, 1903 – Madagascar rainbowfish [=Bedotia madagascariensis Regan [C. T.], 1903:416, Pl. 14 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 11 (no. 2); ref. 3620] Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Bedotia madagascariensis Regan, 1903. Bedotiidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Bedotia marojejy Stiassny & Harrison, 2000 – Manantenina River rainbowfish [=Bedotia marojejy Stiassny [M. L. J.] & Harrison [I. J.], 2000:144, Fig. 8-2] Notes: [Fieldiana Zoology (New Series) No. 97; ref. 25252] Banks of the Manantenina River (Lokoho River basin) at the southeastern boundary of the PN de Marojejy, about 14°28'S, 49°49'E, some 28 kilometers northeast of Andapa, northeastern Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Bedotia marojejy Stiassny & Harrison, 2000. Bedotiidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Bedotia masoala Sparks, 2001 – Masoala Peninsula rianbowfish [=Bedotia masoala Sparks [J. S.], 2001:483, Figs. 2-3] Notes: [Copeia 2001 (no. 2); ref. 25235] Ankavanana River, 15°18'14.4"S, 50°13'20.1"E, Masoala Peninsula, Antalaha Province, Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Bedotia masoala Sparks, 2001. Bedotiidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Bedotia tricolor Pellegrin, 1932 – Faraony River rainbowfish [=Bedotia tricolor Pellegrin [J.], 1932:85] Notes: [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 57; ref. 16387] Tributary of Faraony River, Manakara Province, eastern Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Bedotia tricolor Pellegrin, 1932. Bedotiidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

GENUS Rheocles Jordan & Hubbs, in Jordan, 1919 - Madagascar rainbowfishes, silversides [=Rheocles Jordan [D. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.], in Jordan, 1919:343, Rheocloides Nichols [J. T.] & La Monte [F. R.], 1931:1] Notes: [ref. 2413]. Masc. Eleotris sikorae Sauvage, 1891. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Rheocles Jordan & Hubbs, 1919 -- (Maugé 1986:278 [ref. 6218], Stiassny 1990 [ref. 16658], Stiassny & Reinthal 1992 [ref. 13485], Stiassny & Rodriguez 2001:97 [ref. 25354], Stiassny et al. 2002:71 [ref. 26051], Mailliet & Saunders 2004:46 [ref. 28409], Sparks & Rush 2005:39 [ref. 28355], Campanella et al. 2015:16 [ref. 33711]). Current status: Valid as Rheocles Jordan & Hubbs, 1919. Bedotiidae. (Rheocloides) [ref. 3186]. Masc. Rheocloides pellegrini Nichols & La Monte, 1931. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Rheocloides NIchols & La Monte, 1931 -- (Maugé 1986:278 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Rheocles Jordan & Hubbs, 1919 -- (Stiassny 1990:16 [ref. 16658]). Current status: Synonym of Rheocles Jordan & Hubbs, 1919. Bedotiidae.

Species Rheocles alaotrensis (Pellegrin, 1914) - katrana [=Atherina alaotrensis Pellegrin [J.], 1914:46] Notes: [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 39; ref. 14166] Lake Alaotra, Ambatondrazaka District, Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Rheocles alaotrensis (Pellegrin, 1914). Bedotiidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Rheocles derhami Stiassny & Rodriguez, 2001 – Ambomboa River rainbowfish [=Rheocles derhami Stiassny [M. L. J.] & Rodriguez [D. M.], 2001:99, Figs. 2, 3, 4a, 5b, 6] Notes: [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 12 (no. 2); ref. 25354] Ambomboa [Amboaboa] River, 15°50'02"S, 48°42'50"E, a left bank tributary of Mangarahara River, near village of Bekitrobaka, 16-18 kilometers west of Mandritsara, Madagascar, elevation 33 meters. Current status: Valid as Rheocles derhami Stiassny & Rodriguez, 2001. Bedotiidae. Distribution: Sofia River basin, Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Rheocles lateralis Stiassny & Reinthal, 1992 – Nosivolo River rainbowfish [=Rheocles lateralis Stiassny [M. L. J.] & Reinthal [P. N.], 1992:3, Figs. 2, 3a, 4-5, 6a] Notes: [American Museum Novitates No. 3031; ref. 13485] Nosivolo River, 26 kilometers east-northeast of Marolambo, Province of Tamatave, 19°59'S, 48°15'E, Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Rheocles lateralis Stiassny & Reinthal, 1992. Bedotiidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Rheocles pellegrini (Nichols & La Monte, 1931) – Andapa rainbowfish [=Rheocloides pellegrini Nichols [J. T.] & La Monte [F. R.], 1931:1, Fig. 1] Notes: [American Museum Novitates No. 508; ref. 3186] From "one day west" of Andapa (14°39'S, 49°40'E), northeastern Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Rheocles pellegrini (Nichols & La Monte, 1931). Bedotiidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Rheocles sikorae (Sauvage, 1891) – Sauvage's rainbowfish [=Eleotris sikorae Sauvage [H.-E.], 1891:521 [footnote 5], Pl. 44C (fig. 2)] Notes: [Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar; ref. 14503] Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Rheocles sikorae (Sauvage, 1891). Bedotiidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Rheocles vatosoa Stiassny et al., 2002 – Marovato rianbowfish [=Rheocles vatosoa Stiassny [M. L. J.], Rodriguez [D. M.] & Loiselle [P. V.], 2002:72, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [Cybium v. 26 (no. 1); ref. 26051] Marovato creek at Ambodivohitra village, several kilometers north of Marovato village on road to Ambalamangy, Antsiranana (Diego Suarez) Province, 14°34'95"S, 49°37'74"E, Lokoho River drainage, Andapa basin, northeastern Madagascar, elevation 446 meters. Current status: Valid as Rheocles vatosoa Stiassny, Rodriguez & Loiselle, 2002. Bedotiidae. Distribution: Northeastern Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater. Species Rheocles wrightae Stiassny, 1990 – Sandrangato River rainbowfish [=Rheocles wrightae Stiassny [M. L. J.], 1990:22, Figs. 18a, 2b, 3] Notes: [American Museum Novitates No. 2979; ref. 16658] Sandrangato River, south of Moramanga, Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Rheocles wrightae Stiassny, 1990. Bedotiidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater ****************************************************

Unavailable names, uncertain taxa ranomafaniensis, Bedotia Anonymous A nomen nudum taken off a www site -- see Mailliet & Saunders 2004:60 [ref. 28409] Bedotiidae. Habitat: freshwater.