Animalia > Chordata > Atheriniformes > Melanotaeniidae > Melanotaenia > Melanotaenia sexlineata

Melanotaenia sexlineata (Six-lined rainbowfish; Fly River Rainbowfish)

Synonyms: Nematocentris sexlineatus
Language: Finnish; German; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The Fly River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia sexlineata) is a species of freshwater fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to the Upper Fly River in Papua New Guinea.
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Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Melanotaenia sexlineata

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0