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Melanotaeniidae
Pygmy rainbowfish
Melanotaenia pygmaea
Melanotaeniid Fish beneath Australian Waters
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Freshwater fish
- Oceania
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Freshwater fish
Oceania
SmallThe pygmy rainbowfish (Melanotaenia pygmaea) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to Australia.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Silversides
- Family
- Melanotaeniidae
- Genus
- Melanotaenia
- Maximum length
- 5.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Oceania: known only from two small tributaries of the Prince Regent River, West Kimberley district, northwestern Australia.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
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