Melanotaenia sikuensis
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Atherinoidei |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species: Melanotaenia sikuensis
Name
[edit]Melanotaenia sikuensis Kadarusman et al., 2015
Type locality: 1°46.784’S, 134°04.790’E, Siku Creek, Birds Neck Isthmus, Papua Barat Province, Indonesia.
Etymology: The species is named sikuensis, in reference to the river name at the type locality.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Nugraha, M.F.I., Kadarusman, Hubert, N., Avarre, J.C., Hadiaty, R.K., Slembrouck, J., Carman, O., Sudarto, T., Ogistira, R. & Pouyaud L. 2015. Eight new species of Rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Head Region, West Papua, Indonesia / Huit nouvelles espèces de poissons arc-en-ciel (Melanotaeniidae) de la région de la Tête d’Oiseau en Papouasie occidentale, Indonésie. Cybium 39(2): 99–130. Reference page.