Corona rainbowfish

Corona rainbowfish

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species:
M. corona
Binomial name
Melanotaenia corona

The corona rainbowfish (Melanotaenia corona) is a species of fish in the family Melanotaeniidae. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.[2] Only two specimens of this rainbowfish have ever been collected, both males from the Sermowai River in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, which were collected in 1911 by K. Gjellerup.[3]

  1. ^ Allen, G.R.; Kadarusman.; Unmack, P. (2020). "Melanotaenia corona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13060A147682131. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13060A147682131.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia corona". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ Gerald R. Allen (1982). "Melanotaenia corona, a new species of rainbowfish from northern New Guinea (Pisces, Atheriniformes, Melanotaeniidae)". Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 8 (21): 173–176.