Melanotaenia longispina

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 longispina

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Melanotaenia longispina Kadarusman et al., 2015

  • Holotype: MZB 22152.
  • Paratypes: MZB 22153 (3), 22154 (5).

Type locality: 1°04.160’S, 131°45.595’E, a bridge on Klahfot R., near Saluk village, Km 92 on road from Sorong to Teminabuan, Sorong Regency, Papua Barat Province, Indonesia.

Etymology: The species is named longispina, with reference from the Latin longus and spinus: named for the long spines on dorsal and anal fins.

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