Biology:Paratherina wolterecki

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Short description: Species of fish

Paratherina wolterecki
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Paratherina
Species:
P. wolterecki
Binomial name
Paratherina wolterecki
Aurich, 1935

Paratherina wolterecki is a species of fish in the subfamily Telmatherininae, part of the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae. This species is endemic to Lakes Towuti and Mahalona on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.[1] It reaches up to 15 cm (5.9 in) in total length. Their environment is pelagic and they live in tropical climates. It has the characteristic of having a mouth pointed upward.[2] The specific name honours the hydrologist and biologist Richard Woltereck (1877-1944), who collected specimens of all four species in the genus Paratherina and who sketched them from life.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lumbantobing, D. (2019). "Paratherina wolterecki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T16196A90979958. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T16196A90979958.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16196/90979958. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Paratherina wolterecki" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. "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 ☰ Q4860583 entry