Melanotaeniidae

Bulolo rainbowfish

Chilatherina bulolo

Collected again after forty four years

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Oceania
• Small
• Tropical fish

The bulolo rainbowfish (Chilatherina bulolo) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. Bulolo Rainbowfish are found in the fast flowing, rapid water of the mountain streams in the Markham and Ramu river systems of north-eastern Papua New Guinea. It was first collected in 1934 and then not again until 1978.