Telmatherina antoniae

Telmatherina antoniae
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Telmatherinidae
Genus:	Telmatherina
Species:	T. antoniae
Binomial name
Telmatherina antoniae Kottelat, 1991

Telmatherina antoniae is a species of fish in the subfamily Telmatherininae part of the family Melanotaeniidae, the rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Indonesia where it occurs only in Lake Matano on Sulawesi. ^[2]

Etymology

The species was described in 1991 by Maurice Kottelat ^[3] and its specific name honours his wife, Antonia. ^[4]

Sources

1. Lumbantobing, D. (2019). "Telmatherina antoniae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T21575A90980028. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T21575A90980028.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Telmatheria antoniae". FishBase . February 2019 version.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Telmatherina antoniae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 July 2019.
4. 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 12 July 2019.