Strickland rainbowfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Genus: | Melanotaenia |
Species: | M. iris
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Binomial name | |
Melanotaenia iris
G. R. Allen, 1987
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The Strickland rainbowfish (Melanotaenia iris) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea where it is only known to occur in the Logatyu River, a tributary of the Strickland River, in the Fly River system. [2] It is currently known from only five specimens collected in 1984 by D. Gwyther [3] and it was described by Gerald R. Allen in 1987. [4]