Waigeo rainbowfish

The Waigeo rainbowfish (Melanotaenia catherinae) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia. It reaches a maximum length of around 7.5 cm.[2] This species was described as Rhombatractus catherinae in 1910 by Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort|de Beaufort from a type locality which was given as a rivulet flowing into the Rabial River in Waigeo.[3] de Beaufort gave this species the specific name catherinae to honour his wife, Catherine, who had assisted him on the expedition on whichthe type was collected.[4]

Waigeo rainbowfish

Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species:
M. catherinae
Binomial name
Melanotaenia catherinae
(de Beaufort, 1910)
Synonyms[2]

Rhombatractus catherinae de Beaufort, 1910

References
  1. Allen, G. (1996). "Melanotaenia catherinae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T13059A3408074. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13059A3408074.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "melanotaenia catherinae" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Rhombatractus catherinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 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 2 July 2019.
  • Allen, G.R. (1991). Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea.
  • Allen, G. R. and P. J. Unmack (2008). A new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae: Melanotaenia), from Batanta Island, western New Guinea. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 13 (3-4): 109–120.
  • de Beaufort, L. F. (1910). Weitere Bestätigung einer zoogeographischen Prophezeiung. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 36 (12/13): 249–252.
  • Waigeo rainbowfish on Home of the Rainbowfish Archived 3 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine



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