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Mountain rainbowfish
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Melanotaeniidae
Genus:	Melanotaenia
Species:	M. monticola
Binomial name
Melanotaenia monticola G. R. Allen, 1980

The mountain rainbowfish (Melanotaenia monticola) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, where it occurs in the Southern Highlands between Mendi and Lake Kutubu, in the Purari River system.

Sources

1. Larson, H.; Kolkolo, U.; Mungkaje, A.; Ebner, B.; Storey, A.W. (2020). "Melanotaenia monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13068A147682460. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13068A147682460.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia monticola". FishBase. February 2019 version.

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