| Glossolepis | |
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| Glossolepis incisus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Subfamily: | Melanotaeniinae |
| Genus: | Glossolepis M. C. W. Weber, 1907 |
| Type species | |
| Glossolepis incisus Weber, 1907 | |
Glossolepis is a genus of rainbowfishes from New Guinea.
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: [1]
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Chilatherina is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea.
Bleher's rainbowfish is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae.
The Sentani rainbowfish is a critically endangered species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia, where restricted to Lake Sentani and its tributaries. It appears to have disappeared from the lake itself due to pollution and introduced species. Another rainbowfish, Glossolepis incisus has a similar range. Although a small population of the Sentani rainbowfish is maintained in captivity, it has frequently been confused with the closely related, more thickset C. fasciata.
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The spotted rainbowfish is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to the river systems of the Markham and Ramu Rivers in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea. This species was described by Gerald R. Allen in 1981 with the type locality given as a small tributary of the Omsis River, about 22 kilometers west of Lae in the Markham River system, Papua New Guinea.
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