Cairns rainbowfish

The Cairns rainbowfish (Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides) is a species of rainbowfish endemic to Australia. This species is endemic to the wet tropics of north eastern Queensland from the Daintree River and Cape Tribulation in the north south to Innisfail where its occurs in shallow, fast flowing, shady streams over sandy substrates where the roots of trees, woody debris, leaf litter, undercut banks and hydrophytes provide cover.^[3]

Cairns rainbowfish
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Melanotaeniidae
Genus:	Cairnsichthys
Species:	C. rhombosomoides
Binomial name
Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides (Nichols & Raven, 1928)
Synonyms[2]
Rhadinocentrus rhombosomoides Nichols & Raven, 1928