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Macculloch's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia maccullochi)
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Ecological Illustration of Macculloch's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia maccullochi)
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Melanotaeniidae

Macculloch's rainbowfish

Melanotaenia maccullochi

Melanotaeniid Fish from Australian Waters

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Freshwater fish
  • Oceania
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Macculloch's rainbowfish is a freshwater fish found around Oceania. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 7 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Silversides
Family
Melanotaeniidae
Genus
Melanotaenia
Water type
Freshwater
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