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Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish

Melanotaenia lacustris

Also known as: Blue Rainbow, Blue Rainbowfish, Kutubu Rainbowfish, Lacustris Rainbow, Lake Kutubu Rainbow, Turquoise Rainbow, Turquoise Rainbowfish

ENEndangeredIUCN Red List, 2020
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Overview

Found amongst rocks, and vegetation cover, in highland lakes, and streams.
Oceania: known only from Lake Kutubu and its outlet, the Soro River, in the Kikori River drainage of the Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.

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Habitat & where to find it

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Found amongst rocks, and vegetation cover, in highland lakes, and streams.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAtheriniformes
    5. familyMelanotaeniidae
    6. genusMelanotaenia
    7. speciesMelanotaenia lacustris Munro, 1964

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