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Melanotaenia australis

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Species of fish

Melanotaenia australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species: M. australis
Binomial name
Melanotaenia australis
(Castelnau, 1878)
Synonyms

Neoatherina australis Castelnau, 1878

Melanotaenia australis, the western rainbowfish, is a species of freshwater rainbowfish endemic to Australia's Kimberley and Pilbara, Top End. The western rainbowfish (Melanotaenia, australis) is one of the most common and highly abundant freshwater fish endemic to north-western Australia; It ranges from the Ashburton River in the Pilbara region of Western Australia to the Adelaide river in the Northern Territory. It shows extensive geographic variation in their color pattern.

Predation is associated with the variation in color pattern in rainbow fish ( Melanotaenia australis). Meanwhile, variation in reflectance and body shape was associated with variation in environmental conditions.

References

  1. Tappin, Adrian R. (2010). Rainbowfishes - Their care & keeping in captivity (PDF). Art Publications.
  2. Bray, Dianne J. (2011). "Western Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau 1875)". Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  3. ^ Mondol, Md. Rashedul Kabir; Schmidt, Dan J.; Huey, Joel A.; Hughes, Jane M. (2014-12-01). "Development of microsatellite markers for western rainbowfish (Melanotaenia australis) using the Ion Torrent second generation sequencing approach". Conservation Genetics Resources. 6 (4): 829–831. doi:10.1007/s12686-014-0271-z. ISSN 1877-7260.
  4. Phillips, R. D.; Storey, A. W.; Johnson, M. S. (February 2009). "Genetic structure of Melanotaenia australis at local and regional scales in the east Kimberley, Western Australia". Journal of Fish Biology. 74 (2): 437–451. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02099.x. ISSN 0022-1112.
  5. ^ Young, Michael J.; Simmons, Leigh W.; Evans, Jonathan P. (January 2011). "Predation is associated with variation in colour pattern, but not body shape or colour reflectance, in a rainbowfish (Melanotaenia australis): Predation regime and phenotype in rainbowfish". Journal of Animal Ecology. 80 (1): 183–191. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01759.x.

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