Eastern rainbowfish

Eastern rainbowfish
Eastern rainbowfish
Male eastern rainbowfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species: M. splendida
Subspecies: M. splendida splendida
Trinomial name
Melanotaenia splendida splendida
Peters 1866

Eastern rainbowfish (Melanotaenia splendida splendida) is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family endemic to Australia[1].

The Eastern rainbowfish can be found in river systems east of the Great Dividing Range of Queensland Australia from the Boyne River south of Gladstone to Cape York Peninsula. It is kept as a tropical aquarium fish.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). splendida"Melanotaenia splendida splendida" in FishBase. September 2007 version.