Melanotaenia sikuensis

Taxonavigation

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 sikuensis

Name

Melanotaenia sikuensis Kadarusman et al., 2015

• Holotype: MZB 22164.
• Paratypes: MZB 22165 (10).

Type locality: 1°46.784’S, 134°04.790’E, Siku Creek, Birds Neck Isthmus, Papua Barat Province, Indonesia.

Etymology: The species is named sikuensis, in reference to the river name at the type locality.

References

Primary 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.