Melanotaenia garylangei

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 garylangei

Name

Melanotaenia garylangei Graf et al., 2015

• Holotype: MZB 22255.
• Paratypes: MZB 22256 (3,2); ZFMK 68042-68047 (5,1); WAM P. 34291-001 (2,1).

Type locality: Western New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia): unnamed rainforest creek in the vicinity of Dekai, a tributary of Brazza River, Eilanden River system. 04° 47.790 S, 139° 30.515 E.

Etymology: The new species is named in honour of Gary William Lange, a well-known rainbowfish enthusiast who first discovered this species.

Vernacular names

English: Gary Lange’s Rainbowfish

References

• Graf, J.A., Herder, F. & Hadiaty, R.K., 2015: A New Species of Rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae), Melanotaenia garylangei, from Western New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia). Fishes of Sahul, 29 (2): 870–881.