Waigeo rainbowfish

Waigeo rainbowfish
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Melanotaeniidae
Genus:	Melanotaenia
Species:	M. catherinae
Binomial name
*Melanotaenia catherinae* (de Beaufort, 1910)

The Waigeo rainbowfish (Melanotaenia catherinae) is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.

References

Allen, G.R. (1991). Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea.
Allen, G. R. and P. J. Unmack (2008). A new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae: Melanotaenia), from Batanta Island, western New Guinea. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 13 (3-4): 109-120.
de Beaufort, L. F. (1910). Weitere Bestätigung einer zoogeographischen Prophezeiung. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 36 (12/13): 249-252.
Allen, G. 1996. Melanotaenia catherinae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
Waigeo rainbowfish on Home of the Rainbowfish
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Melanotaenia catherinae" in FishBase. April 2006 version.