| Telmatherina celebensis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Telmatherina |
| Species: | T. celebensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Telmatherina celebensis Boulenger, 1897 | |
Telmatherina celebensis, also known as the Celebes rainbow, is a species of fish in the subfamily Telmatherininae part of the family Melanotaeniidae, the rainbowfishes. It is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia where it has been found to occur in Lakes Towuti and Mahalona, and may also occur in Lake Wawontoa. This species was described in 1897 by George Albert Boulenger from a type locality of Lake Towuti.
Etymology
The fish is named for Celebes which is now Sulawesi, Indonesia, where it is endemic.
References
- Lumbantobing, D. (2019). "Telmatherina celebensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21573A90980085. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T21573A90980085.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Telmatherina celebensis". FishBase. February 2019 version.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Telmatherina celebensis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Telmatherina celebensis | |