Melanotaenia sikuensis

Taxonavigation

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

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.

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.

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