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Species of fish

Blue rainbowfish
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species: M. caerulea
Binomial name
Melanotaenia caerulea
G. R. Allen, 1996

The blue rainbowfish (Melanotaenia caerulea) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae which is endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is found mostly in the lower and middle Kikori drainage system.

The blue rainbowfish was described by Gerald R. Allen in 1996.

References

  1. Allen, G.R.; Unmack, P. (2020). "Blue Rainbowfish". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia caerulea". FishBase. November 2022 version.
  3. Allen, G.R. (1996). "Two new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaenia: Melanotaeniidae), from the Kikori River system, Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Revue Française d'Aquariologie. 23 (1–2): 9–16.
Taxon identifiers
Melanotaenia caerulea


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