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

The Oktedi rainbowfish (Melanotaenia oktediensis) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to the Ok Tedi River, part of the Fly River system in southern Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is rivers.

Sources

1. Hammer, M.; Storey, A.W. (2020). "Melanotaenia oktediensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13070A147682606. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13070A147682606.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia oktediensis". FishBase. February 2019 version.

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