Van Heurn's rainbowfish

Van Heurn's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia vanheurni) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae.[3] It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia. The specific name honours the Dutch zoologist Willem Cornelis van Heurn (1887-1972).[4]

Van Heurn's rainbowfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species:
M. vanheurni
Binomial name
Melanotaenia vanheurni
Synonyms[2]

Rhombatractus vanheurni Weber & de Beaufort, 1922

References

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  1. ^ Allen, G.R. (2020). "Melanotaenia vanheurni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13077A147688263. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13077A147688263.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia vanheurni". FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. ^ "Van Heurn's Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia vanheurni". www.aquaticcommunity.com. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  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 4 July 2019.