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Papuan rainbowfish

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Species of fish

Papuan rainbowfish
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species: M. papuae
Binomial name
Melanotaenia papuae
G. R. Allen, 1981

The Papuan rainbowfish (Melanotaenia papuae) is a species of rainbowfish in the Melanotaeniinae family. It is endemic to the Papuan Peninsula, around Port Moresby.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia papuae". FishBase. February 2019 version.
Taxon identifiers
Melanotaenia papuae
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