Pelangia mbutaensis

Pelangia mbutaensis is a species of rainbowfish endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.[1] This species was described by Gerald R. Allen in 1988 from types collected from the Lake Mbuta Basin which lies about 8 kilometers northwest of Etna Bay in West Papua.[2] It is the only known member of its genus,[3] the name Pelangia is derived from the Indonesian word for "rainbow" and the specific name refers to the type locality, the swampy basin of Lake Mbuta.[4]

Pelangia mbutaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Subfamily: Melanotaeniinae
Genus: Pelangia
G. R. Allen, 1998
Species:
P. mbutaensis
Binomial name
Pelangia mbutaensis

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Pelangia mbutaensis" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pelangia mbutaensis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Pelangia in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 July 2019.


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