Papuan rainbowfish
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Papuan rainbowfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Genus: | Melanotaenia |
Species: | M. papuae
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Binomial name | |
Melanotaenia papuae G. R. Allen, 1981
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The Papuan rainbowfish (Melanotaenia papuae) is a species of rainbowfish in the Melanotaeniinae family. It is endemic to the Papuan Peninsula, around Port Moresby.[2]
References
- ^ Allen, G.R.; Unmack, P.; Hammer, M. (2020). "Melanotaenia papuae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13071A147682647. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13071A147682647.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Melanotaenia papuae" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
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