Animalia > Chordata > Atheriniformes > Melanotaeniidae > Rhadinocentrus > Rhadinocentrus ornatus

Rhadinocentrus ornatus (Blue spotted sunfish; Moreton Island sunfish; Neon light sunfish; Ornate rainbowfish; Porthole fish; Soft-spined rainbowfish; Soft-spined sunfish; Southern soft-spined sunfish; Southern sunfish)

Synonyms: Rhadiocentrus ornatus
Language: Finnish; German; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Rhadinocentrus ornatus, commonly known as the ornate rainbowfish, is a species of rainbowfish endemic to eastern Australia. This species grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) SL. It is the only known member of its genus. It is known to live in water as acidic as orange juice.
View Wikipedia Record: Rhadinocentrus ornatus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Rhadinocentrus ornatus

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Iliocirrus ornatusi[1]

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♦ 1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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