Melanotaenia australis | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Genus: | Melanotaenia |
Species: | M. australis
|
Binomial name | |
Melanotaenia australis (
Castelnau, 1878)
| |
Synonyms | |
Neoatherina australis Castelnau, 1878 |
Melanotaenia australis, the western rainbowfish, is a species of freshwater rainbowfish endemic to Australia's Kimberley and Pilbara, [1] Top End. [2] The western rainbowfish (Melanotaenia, australis) is one of the most common and highly abundant freshwater fish endemic to north-western Australia; [3] It ranges from the Ashburton River in the Pilbara region of Western Australia to the Adelaide river in the Northern Territory. [4] It shows extensive geographic variation in their color pattern. [3]
Predation is associated with the variation in color pattern in rainbow fish ( Melanotaenia australis). [5] Meanwhile, variation in reflectance and body shape was associated with variation in environmental conditions. [5]
Melanotaenia australis | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Genus: | Melanotaenia |
Species: | M. australis
|
Binomial name | |
Melanotaenia australis (
Castelnau, 1878)
| |
Synonyms | |
Neoatherina australis Castelnau, 1878 |
Melanotaenia australis, the western rainbowfish, is a species of freshwater rainbowfish endemic to Australia's Kimberley and Pilbara, [1] Top End. [2] The western rainbowfish (Melanotaenia, australis) is one of the most common and highly abundant freshwater fish endemic to north-western Australia; [3] It ranges from the Ashburton River in the Pilbara region of Western Australia to the Adelaide river in the Northern Territory. [4] It shows extensive geographic variation in their color pattern. [3]
Predation is associated with the variation in color pattern in rainbow fish ( Melanotaenia australis). [5] Meanwhile, variation in reflectance and body shape was associated with variation in environmental conditions. [5]