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

Name

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.

References

• Nugraha, M.F.I., Kadarusman, Hubert, N., Avarre, J.C., Hadiaty, R.K., Slembrouck, J., Carman, O., Sudarto, T., Ogistira, R. & Pouyaud L. 2015. Eight new species of Rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Head Region, West Papua, Indonesia / Huit nouvelles espèces de poissons arc-en-ciel (Melanotaeniidae) de la région de la Tête d’Oiseau en Papouasie occidentale, Indonésie. Cybium 39(2): 99–130. Reference page.