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Melanotaenia splendida (Peters, 1866)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Aida inornata Castelnau, 1875
Aidaprora carteri Whitley, 1935
Aristeus cavifrons Macleay, 1882
Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau, 1875)
Melanotaenia splendida splendida
Melanotaenia splendida tatei (Zietz, 1896)
Nematocentris splendida Peters, 1866
Nematocentris tatei Zietz, 1896
Homonyms
Melanotaenia splendida (Peters, 1866)
Common names
Chequered Rainbow Fish in English
Chequered Rainbow-fish in English
Desert Rainbow Fish in English
East Queensland Rainbow Fish in English
Eastern rainbow fish in English
Eastern rainbow fish in English
McDonald Ranges Rainbow Fish in English
Northern Sunfish in English
Pelangia-do-deserto in Portuguese
Splendid Rainbowfish in English
duhovka nádherná in Czech
Австралийская радужная рыба in Russian
Плоская меланотения in Russian
Eastern rainbow fish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. 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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