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Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish

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Species of fish

Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species: M. ajamaruensis
Binomial name
Melanotaenia ajamaruensis
G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1980

The Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish (Melanotaenia ajamaruensis) is a species of rainbowfish in the Melanotaeniinae subfamily. It is endemic to the Ayamaru Lakes in West Papua, Indonesia.

References

  1. Kadarusman (2020). "Melanotaenia ajamaruensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13055A147681943. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13055A147681943.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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Taxon identifiers
Melanotaenia ajamaruensis


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