The Lake Kurumoi rainbowfish (Melanotaenia parva) is a species of freshwater rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It was endemic to West Papua in Indonesia. Its natural habitat was only the small Lake Kurumoi in the Bird's Head Peninsula.[2] It is primarily threatened by habitat loss, however it is unknown if the wild population still exists as it has probably been extirpated from its entire native range.
Lake Kurumoi rainbowfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Genus: | Melanotaenia |
Species: | M. parva
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Binomial name | |
Melanotaenia parva G. R. Allen, 1990
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Sources
edit- ^ Allen, G.R.; Kadarusman (2020). "Melanotaenia parva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13072A147682671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13072A147682671.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia parva". FishBase. February 2019 version.