Biology:Cairns rainbowfish
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Short description: Species of fish
| Cairns rainbowfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Cairnsichthys |
| Species: | C. rhombosomoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides (Nichols & Raven, 1928)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Rhadinocentrus rhombosomoides Nichols & Raven, 1928 | |
The Cairns rainbowfish (Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides) is a species of rainbowfish endemic to Australia . This species is endemic to the wet tropics of north eastern Queensland from the Daintree River and Cape Tribulation in the north south to Innisfail where its occurs in shallow, fast flowing, shady streams over sandy substrates where the roots of trees, woody debris, leaf litter, undercut banks and hydrophytes provide cover.[3]
References
- ↑ Ebner, B.; Brown, C.; Hammer, M.; Unmack, P.; Martin, K. (2019). "Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T3461A123377657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T3461A123377657.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3461/123377657. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ↑ "Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. 2018. http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2105. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
Further reading
- Hammer, Michael P. ; Gerald R. Allen; Keith C. Martin; Mark Adams; Brendan C. Ebner; Tarmo A. Raadik; and Peter J. Unmack (2018). Revision of the Australian Wet Tropics Endemic Rainbowfish Genus Cairnsichthys (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae), with Description of A New Species. Zootaxa. 4413(2); 271–294. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.3
Wikidata ☰ Q1244375 entry
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