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Melanotaenia
Genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melanotaenia is a genus of rainbowfish from Australia, Indonesia (West Papua), New Guinea, and nearby smaller islands.
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Melanotaenia | |
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Melanotaenia boesemani | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Subfamily: | Melanotaeniinae |
Genus: | Melanotaenia T. N. Gill, 1862 |
Type species | |
Atherina nigrans J. Richardson, 1843 | |
Synonyms | |
Aida Castelnau, 1875 |
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