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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Atheriniformes (order)  »  Melanotaeniidae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 245029 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Melanotaenia wilsoni   Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack, 2019

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 245 Melanotaeniidae (Rainbowfishes) - show full list
Standard Name: [a blue eye]
Organism Type: a blue eye
Synonyms: Melanotaenia maccullochi [in part]
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Freshwater
Parent Codes: 37 245903     Melanotaenia spp.
Taxon Notes:Added based on description of species by Hammer et al 2019. Known from three small streams draining west off the Tabletop Range [Burton Creek (Finniss River system) and Tolmer and Sandy creeks (Reynolds River system)], south of Darwin, NT.

Identifiers:
FoA 5522
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1493805
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-05-05
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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