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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Telmatherina |
| Species: | T. antoniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Telmatherina antoniae Kottelat, 1991 | |
Sources
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Telmatheria antoniae" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Telmatherina antoniae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- 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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