Biology:Lake Tebera rainbowfish
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| Lake Tebera rainbowfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Melanotaenia |
| Species: | M. herbertaxelrodi
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi G. R. Allen, 1981
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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
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ↑ "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
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