Biology:Lake Tebera rainbowfish

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Lake Tebera rainbowfish
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species:
M. herbertaxelrodi
Binomial name
Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi
G. R. Allen, 1981

The Lake Tebera rainbowfish (Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae which is endemic to the Lake Tebera basin in Papua New Guinea.[2] The specific name honours the pet-book publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927-2017).[3]

References

  1. Allen, G.R.; Hammer, M. (2020). "Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T13063A147682235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13063A147682235.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13063/147682235. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 14 March 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/atheriniformes2/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4861794 entry