Melanotaenia australis

Melanotaenia australis, the western rainbowfish, is a species of freshwater rainbowfish endemic to Australia's Kimberley and Pilbara,[1] Top End.[2]

Melanotaenia australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species:
M. australis
Binomial name
Melanotaenia australis
(Castelnau, 1878)
Synonyms

Neoatherina australis Castelnau, 1878

References

  1. TAPPIN, Adrian R.: Rainbowfishes - Their care & keeping in captivity.
  2. Bray, Dianne J. (2011). "Western Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau 1875)". Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
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