Melanotaenia rubrivittata
Taxonavigation: Atherinoidei |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species: Melanotaenia rubrivittata
Name
[edit]Melanotaenia rubrivittata Allen et al., 2015
- Holotype: MZB 22261.
- Paratypes: MZB 22262 (6); USNM 427072 (5); WAM P. 31449-001 (6), P.31454-001 (8).
Type locality: small pond beside Tirawiwa River, 3° 01.970’S, 136° 22.231’ E, Wapoga River system, Papua Province, Indonesia, 0.3 m depth.
Etymology: The species is named rubrivittata (Latin: red-stripes) with reference to the distinctive markings that distinguish it from the similar appearing M. praecox.
Vernacular names
[edit]References
[edit]- Allen, G. R., Unmack, P. J. & Hadiaty, R. K., 2015: Melanotaenia rubrivittata, a new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae) from Northwestern Papua Province, Indonesia. Fishes of Sahul, 29 (1): 846–858.