Mayland's rainbowfish

Species of fish

Mayland's rainbowfish
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species:
M. maylandi
Binomial name
Melanotaenia maylandi
G. R. Allen, 1983

Mayland's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia maylandi) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia, where it is known only from a small stream a few km east of Danau Bira.[2]

References

  1. ^ Allen, G.R.; Kadarusman.; Hammer, M. (2020). "Melanotaenia maylandi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13066A147682396. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13066A147682396.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia maylandi". FishBase. February 2019 version.
Taxon identifiers
Melanotaenia maylandi


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