Ogilby's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia ogilbyi) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia in the Lorentz River system.[2] This species was described in 1910 by Max C.W. Weber[3] from types collected in the Noord-Fluss ("North River"), now renamed the Lorentz River, by the Dutch explorer Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz in 1907, it was not recorded again until Gerald R. Allen collected more specimens in 1995 and the species was later introduced to the aquarium hobby.[4] Its specific name honours the ichthyologist James Douglas Ogilby (1853-1925).[5]
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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. ogilbyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanotaenia ogilbyi M. C. W. Weber, 1910
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References
edit- ^ Kadarusman, Allen, G.R.; Hammer, M. (2020). "Melanotaenia ogilbyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13069A147682517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13069A147682517.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia ogilbyi". FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Melanotaenia ogilbyi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ Adrian R. Lappin (April 2013). "Melanotaenia ogilbyi". angfaqld.org.au. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ 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 4 July 2019.
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