Lake Kutubu rainbowfish
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Species: | M. lacustris
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Melanotaenia lacustris Munro, 1964
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The Lake Kutubu rainbowfish (Melanotaenia lacustris) is a species of fish in the family Melanotaeniidae. It is also known as turquoise rainbowfish. It is endemic to Lake Kutubu in the Kikori River system, Papua New Guinea.[1]
Sources
- ^ Allen, G. 1996. Melanotaenia lacustris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. , retrieved Downloaded 11 June 2010.
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