Biology:Slender rainbowfish

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Slender rainbowfish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species:
M. gracilis
Binomial name
Melanotaenia gracilis
G. R. Allen, 1978

The slender rainbowfish (Melanotaenia gracilis) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae which is endemic to Australia . It occurs in the extreme north of Western Australia in the systems of the Drysdale and King Edward Rivers.[2]

References

  1. Morgan, D.L. (2019). "Melanotaenia gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T13062A123378303. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T13062A123378303.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13062/123378303. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Melanotaenia gracilis" in FishBase. April 2019 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q4861891 entry