Pelangia mbutaensis
| Pelangia mbutaensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Subfamily: | Melanotaeniinae |
| Genus: | Pelangia G. R. Allen, 1998 |
| Species: | P. mbutaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pelangia mbutaensis G. R. Allen, 1998
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Pelangia mbutaensis is a species of rainbowfish endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.[1] This species was described by Gerald R. Allen in 1988 from types collected from the Lake Mbuta Basin which lies about 8 kilometers northwest of Etna Bay in West Papua.[2] It is the only known member of its genus,[3] the name Pelangia is derived from the Indonesian word for "rainbow" and the specific name refers to the type locality, the swampy basin of Lake Mbuta.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pelangia mbutaensis". FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pelangia mbutaensis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pelangia". FishBase. February 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 7 July 2019.
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