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| species = '''''M. splendida splendida'''''
| species = '''''M. splendida splendida'''''
| binomial = ''Melanotaenia splendida splendida''
| binomial = ''Melanotaenia splendida splendida''
| binomial_authority = [[Peters]] 1866
| binomial_authority = [[Wilhelm_Peters|Peters]] 1866
| synonyms = }}
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'''Eastern rainbowfish''' ('''''Melanotaenia splendida splendida''''') is a species of [[fish]] in the [[Melanotaeniidae]] family [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Australia]].
'''Eastern rainbowfish''' ('''''Melanotaenia splendida splendida''''') is a species of [[fish]] in the [[Melanotaeniidae]] family [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Australia]].

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Eastern rainbowfish
Male eastern rainbowfish
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M. splendida splendida
Binomial name
Melanotaenia splendida splendida
Peters 1866

Eastern rainbowfish (Melanotaenia splendida splendida) is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family endemic to Australia.

The Eastern rainbowfish can be found in river systems east of the Great Dividing Range of Queensland Australia from the Boyne River south of Gladstone to Cape York Peninsula. It is kept as a tropical aquarium fish.

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