The Oktedi rainbowfish (Melanotaenia oktediensis) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to the Ok Tedi River, part of the Fly River system in southern Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is rivers.[2]
| Oktedi 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. oktediensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanotaenia oktediensis G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1980
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Sources
edit- ^ Hammer, M.; Storey, A.W. (2020). "Melanotaenia oktediensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13070A147682606. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13070A147682606.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia oktediensis". FishBase. February 2019 version.
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