Fly River rainbowfish
Appearance
Fly River rainbowfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Genus: | Melanotaenia |
Species: | M. sexlineata
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Binomial name | |
Melanotaenia sexlineata (Munro, 1964)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Nematocentris sexlineatus Munro, 1964 |
The Fly River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia sexlineata) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae family. It is endemic to the Upper Fly River in Papua New Guinea.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Allen, G.R.; Hammer, M. (2020). "Melanotaenia sexlineata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13076A147688118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13076A147688118.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia sexlineata". FishBase. February 2019 version.