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Bleher's rainbowfish (Chilatherina bleheri)
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Melanotaeniidae

Bleher's rainbowfish

Chilatherina bleheri

Endemic Melanotaeniid Fish of Indonesian Waters

  • Tropical
  • Lower river
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Southeast Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Bleher's rainbowfish (Chilatherina bleheri) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae.

Maximum length
12 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Asia: known only from Lake Holmes (Danau Bira) in the lower Mamberamo River system in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

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