Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish

Melanotaenia ajamaruensis

Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Southeast Asia
Small
Tropical fish

The Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish (Melanotaenia ajamaruensis) is a species of rainbowfish in the Melanotaeniinae subfamily. It is endemic to the Ayamaru Lakes in West Papua, Indonesia. The fish was announced in 1996 based on its IUCN status, then rediscovered in 2007 in the Kaliwensi river, Sorong, West Papua.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Silversides
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Maximum length: 9.7 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Asia: known only from the Ajamaru Lakes near the center of the Vogelkop Peninsula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
Conservation status: CRCritically Endangered

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