Melanotaenia sikuensis

Taxonavigation

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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

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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.

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