Biology:Mountain rainbowfish
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Short description: Species of fish
| Mountain 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. monticola
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanotaenia monticola G. R. Allen, 1980
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The mountain rainbowfish (Melanotaenia monticola) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, where it occurs in the Southern Highlands between Mendi and Lake Kutubu, in the Purari River system.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Larson, H.; Kolkolo, U.; Mungkaje, A.; Ebner, B.; Storey, A.W. (2020). "Melanotaenia monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T13068A147682460. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13068A147682460.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13068/147682460. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Melanotaenia monticola" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q4861708 entry
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