Lake Eacham rainbowfish

Melanotaenia eachamensis

Fish Reaching Six Point Five Centimeters in Australian Waters

Lake Eacham rainbowfish is a freshwater fish from Oceania. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 6.5 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Silversides
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Maximum length: 6.5 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Oceania: originally known only from Lake Eacham, a circular crater lake situated on the Atherton Tableland in northern Queensland, Australia. Recently recorded at widespread localities on the Tablelands between the Barron and South Johnstone river systems.

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