Pelangia mbutaensis

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Pelangia mbutaensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Suborder: Atherinoidei
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Pelangia
G. R. Allen, 1998
Species:
P. mbutaensis
Binomial name
Pelangia mbutaensis

Pelangia mbutaensis is a species of rainbowfish endemic to West Papua in Indonesia. [2] This species was described by Gerald R. Allen in 1988 from types collected from the Lake Mbuta Basin which lies about 8 kilometers northwest of Etna Bay in West Papua. [3] It is the only known member of its genus, [4] the name Pelangia is derived from the Indonesian word for "rainbow" and the specific name refers to the type locality, the swampy basin of Lake Mbuta. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Allen, G.R.; Kadarusman. (2020). "Pelangia mbutaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T161079214A161079246. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161079214A161079246.en . Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pelangia mbutaensis". FishBase . February 2019 version.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pelangia mbutaensis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pelangia". FishBase . February 2019 version.
  5. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 July 2019.


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