Papuan rainbowfish

Species of fish

Papuan rainbowfish

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Atheriniformes
Family:  | Melanotaeniidae
Genus:  | Melanotaenia
Species:  |

M. papuae

Binomial name
Melanotaenia papuae

G. R. Allen, 1981

The Papuan rainbowfish (Melanotaenia papuae) is a species of rainbowfish in the Melanotaeniinae family. It is endemic to the Papuan Peninsula, around Port Moresby.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Allen, G.R.; Unmack, P.; Hammer, M. (2020). "Melanotaenia papuae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13071A147682647. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13071A147682647.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia papuae". FishBase. February 2019 version.

Taxon identifiers

Melanotaenia papuae|

* Wikidata: Q4861606
* BOLD: 750563
* CoL: 3ZBMJ
* EoL: 224190
* FishBase: 10511
* GBIF: 2411688
* iNaturalist: 105549
* IRMNG: 10661305
* ITIS: 630786
* IUCN: 13071
* NCBI: 1250798
* Open Tree of Life: 801908
* WoRMS: 1012317

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