| Fly River rainbowfish | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Melanotaenia |
| Species: | M. sexlineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanotaenia sexlineata (Munro, 1964) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nematocentris sexlineatus Munro, 1964 | |
The Fly River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia sexlineata) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae family. It is endemic to the Upper Fly River in Papua New Guinea.
References
- Allen, G.R.; Hammer, M. (2020). "Melanotaenia sexlineata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13076A147688118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13076A147688118.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia sexlineata". FishBase. February 2019 version.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Melanotaenia sexlineata | |
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