| Lake Kurumoi rainbowfish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Melanotaenia |
| Species: | M. parva |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanotaenia parva G. R. Allen, 1990 | |
The Lake Kurumoi rainbowfish (Melanotaenia parva) is a species of freshwater rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It was endemic to West Papua in Indonesia. Its natural habitat was only the small Lake Kurumoi in the Bird's Head Peninsula.[2] It is primarily threatened by habitat loss, however it is unknown if the wild population still exists as it has probably been extirpated from its entire native range.
Sources
- ↑ Allen, G.R.; Kadarusman (2020). "Melanotaenia parva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13072A147682671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13072A147682671.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Melanotaenia parva" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
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