Tami River rainbowfish

Glossolepis pseudoincisa

Melanotaeniid Fish of Indonesian Waters

Silver
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Southeast Asia
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

The Tami River rainbowfish (Glossolepis pseudoincisa) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is found in West Papua in Indonesia. This species can reach a length of 8.0 centimetres (3.1 in) SL. The species name, pseudoincisa, is virtually always misspelt as "pseudoincisus." The genus name, Glossolepis, is feminine and requires the feminine form of a specific taxon.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Silversides
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Glossolepis
Maximum length: 8 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Asia: known only from one collection taken in 1954 from an isolated oxbow lake near the Tami River, about 23 km southeast of Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

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