Fly River rainbowfish

Fly River rainbowfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species:
M. sexlineata
Binomial name
Melanotaenia sexlineata
(Munro, 1964)
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia sexlineata". FishBase. February 2019 version.


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