Melanotaenia wokamensis

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 wokamensis

Name

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Melanotaenia wokamensis Allen et al., 2015

  • Holotype: MZB 22254.
  • Paratypes: MZB 21702 (47), 21696 (33), 21695 (37), 21700 (9), 21706 (10), 21705 (5); USNM 432452 (4); WAM P.34299-001 (10).

Type locality: Sungai Torbol, 5° 47.945’S, 134° 30.365’E, tributary of Sungai Tunguwatu, Wokam Island, Aru Islands, Maluku Province, Indonesia.

Etymology: The species is named wokamensis with reference to the Wokam Island type locality.

Vernacular names

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English: Wokam Rainbowfish

References

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  • 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.