Van Heurn's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia vanheurni) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae.[3] It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia. The specific name honours the Dutch zoologist Willem Cornelis van Heurn (1887-1972).[4]
| Van Heurn's 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. vanheurni
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanotaenia vanheurni (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Rhombatractus vanheurni Weber & de Beaufort, 1922 | |
References
edit- ^ Allen, G.R. (2020). "Melanotaenia vanheurni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13077A147688263. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13077A147688263.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia vanheurni". FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ^ "Van Heurn's Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia vanheurni". www.aquaticcommunity.com. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ^ 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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