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Lake Kurumoi rainbowfish
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct in the wild  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Melanotaeniidae
Genus:	Melanotaenia
Species:	M. parva
Binomial name
Melanotaenia parva G. R. Allen, 1990

The Lake Kurumoi rainbowfish (Melanotaenia parva) is a species of freshwater rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It was endemic to West Papua in Indonesia. Its natural habitat was only the small Lake Kurumoi in the Bird's Head Peninsula. It is primarily threatened by habitat loss, however it is unknown if the wild population still exists as it has probably been extirpated from its entire native range.

Sources

1. Allen, G.R.; Kadarusman (2020). "Melanotaenia parva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13072A147682671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13072A147682671.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia parva". FishBase. February 2019 version.

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