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Melanotaenia boesemani Allen & Cross, 1980

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Allen, G. R.; Cross, N. J. (1980). Descriptions of five new rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from New Guinea. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 8 (pt 3): 377-396.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Atheriniformes
family
Melanotaeniidae
genus
Melanotaenia
species
Melanotaenia boesemani

Name

Homonyms
Melanotaenia boesemani Allen & Cross, 1980
Common names
Arco iris in Spanish
Boeseman's Rainbowfish in English
Boesemani Rainbowfish in English
Boesemans Regenbogenfisch in German
Boesemans regnbuefisk in Danish
Boseman's Rainbow Fish in English
Bosmani in Spanish
Kultapyrstösateenkaarikala in Finnish
Tofarvet Regnbuefisk in Danish
boesemanova mavričarka in Slovenian
duhovka Boesemanova in Czech
tęczanka Boesemana in Polish
Радужница Боесмана in Russian
貝氏虹銀漢魚 in Chinese
贝氏虹银汉鱼 in language.
Boeseman's Rainbowfish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Allen, G. R.; Cross, N. J. (1980). Descriptions of five new rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from New Guinea. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 8 (pt 3): 377-396.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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