Corona rainbowfish

Melanotaenia corona

Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Southeast Asia
Small
Tropical fish

The corona rainbowfish (Melanotaenia corona) is a species of fish in the family Melanotaeniidae. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia. 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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Silversides
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Maximum length: 10 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Asia: known only from two male specimens collected in 1911 from the Sermowai River in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
Conservation status: CRCritically Endangered

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