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Melanotaenia albimarginata

From Wikispecies
Taxonavigation: Atherinoidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Atheriniformes
Subordo: Atherinoidei

Familia: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species: Melanotaenia albimarginata

Name

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Melanotaenia albimarginata Allen et al., 2015

  • Holotype: MZB 22251.
  • Paratypes: MZB 21667 (26), 21645 (4); WAM P.33834-002 (5).

Type locality: Alur Warnafa, tributary of Sungai Unmar, near Algadang village, 6° 11.200’S, 134° 28.845’E, Kobroor Island, Aru Islands, Maluku Province, Indonesia.

Etymology: The species is named albimarginata (Latin: “white-margin”) with reference to the prominent white markings on the caudal fin lobes.

Vernacular names

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English: Whitetip Rainbowfish

References

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  • Allen, G. R., Hadiaty, R. K., Unmack, P. J. & Erdmann, M. V., 2015: Rainbowfishes (Melanotaenia: Melanotaeniidae) of the Aru Islands, Indonesia with descriptions of five new species and redescription of M. patoti Weber and M. senckenbergianus Weber. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (2): 66–108.