Biology:Pima River rainbowfish

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

The Pima River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia pimanensis) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea where it has been recorded only from the Pima River where it meets the Tua River in the Southern Highlands.[2]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Melanotaenia pimanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T13073A3408930. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13073A3408930.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13073/3408930. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Melanotaenia pimaensis" in FishBase. February 2019 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q4861570 entry