Melanotaenia australis

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Melanotaenia australis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species:
M. australis
Binomial name
Melanotaenia australis
(Castelnau, 1878)
Synonyms

Neoatherina australisCastelnau, 1878

Melanotaenia australis, the western rainbowfish, is a species of freshwater rainbowfish endemic to Australia's Kimberley and Pilbara, [1] Top End. [2] The western rainbowfish (Melanotaenia, australis) is one of the most common and highly abundant freshwater fish endemic to north-western Australia; [3] It ranges from the Ashburton River in the Pilbara region of Western Australia to the Adelaide river in the Northern Territory. [4] It shows extensive geographic variation in their color pattern. [3]

Predation is associated with the variation in color pattern in rainbow fish ( Melanotaenia australis). [5] Meanwhile, variation in reflectance and body shape was associated with variation in environmental conditions. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Tappin, Adrian R. (2010). Rainbowfishes - Their care & keeping in captivity (PDF). Art Publications.
  2. ↑ Bray, Dianne J. (2011). "Western Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau 1875)". Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 Mondol, Md. Rashedul Kabir; Schmidt, Dan J.; Huey, Joel A.; Hughes, Jane M. (2014-12-01). "Development of microsatellite markers for western rainbowfish (Melanotaenia australis) using the Ion Torrent second generation sequencing approach" . Conservation Genetics Resources. 6 (4): 829–831. doi:10.1007/s12686-014-0271-z. ISSN   1877-7260.
  4. ↑ Phillips, R. D.; Storey, A. W.; Johnson, M. S. (February 2009). "Genetic structure of Melanotaenia australis at local and regional scales in the east Kimberley, Western Australia" . Journal of Fish Biology. 74 (2): 437–451. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02099.x. ISSN   0022-1112.
  5. 1 2 Young, Michael J.; Simmons, Leigh W.; Evans, Jonathan P. (January 2011). "Predation is associated with variation in colour pattern, but not body shape or colour reflectance, in a rainbowfish (Melanotaenia australis): Predation regime and phenotype in rainbowfish". Journal of Animal Ecology. 80 (1): 183–191. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01759.x.
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