| Lake Kutubu rainbowfish | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Melanotaenia |
| Species: | M. lacustris |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanotaenia lacustris Munro, 1964 |
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The Lake Kutubu rainbowfish (Melanotaenia lacustris) is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is also known as turquoise rainbowfish. It is endemic to Lake Kutubu in the Kikori River system, Papua New Guinea.[1]