The corona rainbowfish (Melanotaenia corona) is a species of fish in the family Melanotaeniidae. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.[2] Only two specimens of this rainbowfish have ever been collected, both males from the Sermowai River in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, which were collected in 1911 by K. Gjellerup.[3]
| Corona 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. corona
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanotaenia corona G. R. Allen, 1982
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References
edit- ^ Allen, G.R.; Kadarusman.; Unmack, P. (2020). "Melanotaenia corona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13060A147682131. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13060A147682131.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia corona". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Gerald R. Allen (1982). "Melanotaenia corona, a new species of rainbowfish from northern New Guinea (Pisces, Atheriniformes, Melanotaeniidae)". Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 8 (21): 173–176.
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