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Do the following articles represent the same Australian rainbowfish: pl:Tęczanka większa and de:Schwarzband-Regenbogenfisch? -- Kimse ( talk) 19:09, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
I am proposing that we change the name of this article to Melanotaenia fluviatilis, because it is somewhat confusing ascribing "Australian Rainbowfish" only to M.fluviatilis because Melanotaenia duboulayi is also called Australian Rianbowfish in the aquarium trade and is also historically the original "Australian rainbowfish". To quote: Melanotaenia duboulayi is the original "Australian Rainbowfish" and were being maintained in the aquarium hobby around the turn of the twentieth century. [1] Also, to add to the confusion the Australian Melanotaenia genus is generally referred to as "rainbowfish". So it would seem most precise to use the taxonomic name as the title for this article. Any comments? John Moss ( talk) 11:02, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: moved. Consensus that "Murray River rainbowfish" is the WP:COMMONNAME above other vernacular names for the species. ( closed by non-admin page mover) ModernDayTrilobite ( talk • contribs) 16:20, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
Melanotaenia fluviatilis → Murray River rainbowfish – Sorry to dig this up again @ John Moss. The citation ( https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=22685&GenusName=Melanotaenia&SpeciesName=fluviatilis&StockCode=18008) doesn't give any evidence to back up this statement "The Australian rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis), known less commonly as the Murray River rainbowfish". There are a whole bunch of species that could be called "Australian rainbowfish", not just Melanotaenia fluviatilis. As per WP:NCFAUNA, "Use the most common name when possible". The most common name for this species is Murray River rainbowfish. Any objections if I WP:MOVE this?
99% fad-free ( talk) 12:28, 29 August 2023 (UTC)— Relisting. —usernamekiran (talk) 04:15, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
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Do the following articles represent the same Australian rainbowfish: pl:Tęczanka większa and de:Schwarzband-Regenbogenfisch? -- Kimse ( talk) 19:09, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
I am proposing that we change the name of this article to Melanotaenia fluviatilis, because it is somewhat confusing ascribing "Australian Rainbowfish" only to M.fluviatilis because Melanotaenia duboulayi is also called Australian Rianbowfish in the aquarium trade and is also historically the original "Australian rainbowfish". To quote: Melanotaenia duboulayi is the original "Australian Rainbowfish" and were being maintained in the aquarium hobby around the turn of the twentieth century. [1] Also, to add to the confusion the Australian Melanotaenia genus is generally referred to as "rainbowfish". So it would seem most precise to use the taxonomic name as the title for this article. Any comments? John Moss ( talk) 11:02, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: moved. Consensus that "Murray River rainbowfish" is the WP:COMMONNAME above other vernacular names for the species. ( closed by non-admin page mover) ModernDayTrilobite ( talk • contribs) 16:20, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
Melanotaenia fluviatilis → Murray River rainbowfish – Sorry to dig this up again @ John Moss. The citation ( https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=22685&GenusName=Melanotaenia&SpeciesName=fluviatilis&StockCode=18008) doesn't give any evidence to back up this statement "The Australian rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis), known less commonly as the Murray River rainbowfish". There are a whole bunch of species that could be called "Australian rainbowfish", not just Melanotaenia fluviatilis. As per WP:NCFAUNA, "Use the most common name when possible". The most common name for this species is Murray River rainbowfish. Any objections if I WP:MOVE this?
99% fad-free ( talk) 12:28, 29 August 2023 (UTC)— Relisting. —usernamekiran (talk) 04:15, 7 September 2023 (UTC)