Bedotia madagascariensis (zona) is a species of fish in the family Bedotiidae.

It is endemic to Madagascar, where found in rivers and lakes between the Ivoloina River and the Manambolo Creek.

[2] It is commonly seen in the aquarium trade, where it often has been confused with the related B.

[3] It is threatened by habitat loss.

[1] It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1903, with Madagascar given as the type locality,[4] Regan deposited the type in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève and named the genus in honour of its director Maurice Bedot (1859–1927).