Telmatherina antoniae

Telmatherina antoniae is a species of fish in the subfamily Telmatherininae part of the family Melanotaeniidae, the rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Indonesia where it occurs only in Lake Matano on Sulawesi.[2] The species was described in 1991 by Maurice Kottelat[3] and its specific name honours his wife, Antonia.[4]

Telmatherina antoniae

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Telmatherina
Species:
T. antoniae
Binomial name
Telmatherina antoniae
Kottelat, 1991

Sources

  1. Lumbantobing, D. 2019. Telmatherina antoniae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T21575A90980028. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T21575A90980028.en. Downloaded on 25 July 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Telmatheria antoniae" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Telmatherina antoniae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  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 12 July 2019.


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