The Lake Tebera rainbowfish (Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae which is endemic to the Lake Tebera basin in Papua New Guinea.[2] The specific name honours the pet-book publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927-2017).[3]
| Lake Tebera rainbowfish | |
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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. herbertaxelrodi
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi G. R. Allen, 1981
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References
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- ^ Allen, G.R.; Hammer, M. (2020). "Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13063A147682235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13063A147682235.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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