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    Species Accepted

    Melanotaenia splendida (Peters, 1866)

    Chequered Rainbow Fish

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      ColombiaNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
      Chequered Rainbow Fish English
      Chequered Rainbow-fish English
      Desert Rainbow Fish English
      East Queensland Rainbow Fish English
      Eastern rainbow fish English
      McDonald Ranges Rainbow Fish English
      Northern Sunfish English
      Pelangia-do-deserto Portuguese
      Splendid Rainbowfish English
      duhovka nádherná Czech

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      7 results
      Macleay, W. (1882). The fishes of the Palmer River. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 7. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=489163
      Whitley, G. P. (1935). Studies in ichthyology. No. 9. Records of the Australian Museum, v. 19 (no. 4): 215–250, Pl. 18. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=433749
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1128
      Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays, Part VII (II): 1–52. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=431668
      Zietz, A. H. C. (1896). Pisces. Report on the work of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia. Part 2. Zoology, 176–180, Appendix, pp. 410–411, Pl. 16. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=439145
      Peters, W. (C. H.). (1866). Mittheilung über Fische (Protopterus, Auliscops, Labrax, Labracoglossa, Nematocentris, Serranus, Scorpis, Opisthognathus, Scombresox, Acharnes, Anguilla, Gymnomuraena, Chilorhinus, Ophichthys, Helmichthys). Monatsberichte Der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie Der Wissenschaften Zu Berlin 1866, : 509–526, 1 pl. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=433349

      Citation

      Melanotaenia splendida (Peters, 1866) in undefined