Melanotaenia kolaensis

Taxonavigation: Atherinoidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Atheriniformes
Subordo: Atherinoidei

Familia: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species: Melanotaenia kolaensis

Name edit

Melanotaenia kolaensis Allen et al., 2015

  • Holotype: MZB 22252.
  • Paratypes: MZB 21719 (45), 21720 (6), 21717 (9), 21737 (9), 21746 (6), 21730 (7); USNM 32450 (5); WAM P.34297-001 (7).

Type locality: Sungai Marjina, 5° 30.745’S, 134° 37.250’E, tributary of Sungai Tasinwalas, Kola Island, Aru Islands, Maluku Province, Indonesia.

Etymology: The species is named kolaensis with reference to the Kola Island type locality.

Vernacular names edit

English: Kola Rainbowfish

References edit

  • Allen, G. R., Hadiaty, R. K., Unmack, P. J. & Erdmann, M. V., 2015: Rainbowfishes (Melanotaenia: Melanotaeniidae) of the Aru Islands, Indonesia with descriptions of five new species and redescription of M. patoti Weber and M. senckenbergianus Weber. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (2): 66–108.