Waigeo rainbowfish
| Waigeo rainbowfish | |
|---|---|
| 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. It reaches a maximum length of around 7.5 cm.
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 Archived 3 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Melanotaenia catherinae" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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