Cairnsichthys | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Genus: | Cairnsichthys Allen, 1980 |
Type species | |
Rhadinocentrus rhombosomoides Nichols & Raven, 1828 [1] |
Cairnsichthys is a genus of rainbowfishes from the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. The genus is endemic to freshwater streams in eastern Queensland in north eastern Australia. [2] The genus was designated as a monotypic genus in 1928 by John T. Nichols and Henry C. Raven but in 2018 a second species was assigned to the genus. [3] [4]
The genus is named after the Australian city of Cairns with the suffix ichthys which is Greek for "fish". [6]