Biology:Fly River rainbowfish

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Short description: Species of fish

Fly River rainbowfish
Melanotaenia sexlineata Kiunga.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species:
M. sexlineata
Binomial name
Melanotaenia sexlineata
(Munro, 1964)
Synonyms[2]

Nematocentris sexlineatus Munro, 1964

The Fly River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia sexlineata) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae family. It is endemic to the Upper Fly River in Papua New Guinea.[2]

References

  1. Allen, G.R.; Hammer, M. (2020). "Melanotaenia sexlineata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T13076A147688118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13076A147688118.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13076/147688118. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Melanotaenia sexlineata" in FishBase. February 2019 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1771437 entry