Telmatherina bonti
| Telmatherina bonti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Telmatherina |
| Species: | T. bonti
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| Binomial name | |
| Telmatherina bonti M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922
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Telmatherina bonti is a species of fish in the subfamily Telmatherininae part of the family Melanotaeniidae, the rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Indonesia where it is found in Lake Towuti, near Malili and in Lake Mahalona all on Sulawesi.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named from "Bonti-bonti", the local name for this species at Lake Towuti, in Sulawesi, Indonesia, which is the type locality.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Lumbantobing, D. (2019). "Telmatherina bonti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21572A90980062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T21572A90980062.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Telmatherina bonti". FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "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 27 December 2024.
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