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| name = Blue rainbowfish |
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| status = VU |
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| status_system = IUCN3.1 |
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| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161083080/161083098|title=Blue Rainbowfish |author= Allen, G.R. |author2=Unmack, P.|year=2020 |accessdate=23 November 2022}}</ref> |
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| regnum = [[Animalia]] |
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| phylum = [[Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Actinopterygii]] |
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| ordo = [[Atheriniformes]] |
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| familia = [[Melanotaeniidae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Melanotaenia]]'' |
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| species = '''''M. careulea''''' |
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The '''blue rainbowfish''' ('''''Melanotaenia caerulea''''') is a species of [[rainbowfish]] in the [[subfamily]] [[Melanotaeniinae]] which is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Papua New Guinea]]. It is found mostly in the lower and middle [[Kikori]] drainage system.<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase species | genus = Melanotaenia | species = caerulea | year = 2022 | month = 11}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Allen|first=G.R.|year=1996|title=Two new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaenia: Melanotaeniidae), from the Kikori River system, Papua New Guinea|journal=Revue Française d'Aquariologie|volume=23|issue=1–2|pages=9–16|url=http://www.regenbogenfische.com/Literatur/Allen%20(1996)%20M%20caerulea%20mubiensis.pdf}}</ref> |
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The blue rainbowfish was described by [[Gerald R. Allen]] in 1996. |
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'''Melanotaenia caerulea''' is a species of [[fish]] in the [[Melanotaeniidae]] family. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Papua New-Guinea]]. It is found mostly in the lower and middle Kikori drainage system |
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==References== |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Melanotaenia |
| Species: | M. caerulea
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| Melanotaenia caerulea G. R. Allen, 1996
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The blue rainbowfish (Melanotaenia caerulea) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae which is endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is found mostly in the lower and middle Kikori drainage system.[2][3]
The blue rainbowfish was described by Gerald R. Allen in 1996.
References
[edit]- ^ Allen, G.R.; Unmack, P. (2020). "Blue Rainbowfish". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia caerulea". FishBase. November 2022 version.
- ^ Allen, G.R. (1996). "Two new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaenia: Melanotaeniidae), from the Kikori River system, Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Revue Française d'Aquariologie. 23 (1–2): 9–16.
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