Specimen A 22957 Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)

• Taxon Name

  Melanotaenia fluviatilis

• Author and date of publication

  (Castelnau, 1878)

• Preferred Common name

  Murray-Darling Rainbowfish

• Other Common Names

  Murray Rainbowfish, Murray River Rainbowfish

• Date Identified

  2001

• Identified By

  Dr Tarmo A. Raadik - Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI)

• Number Of Specimens

  12

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: ethanol 70%, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Collected By

  G Aland

• Date Visited From

  20/12/2000

• Date Visited To

  20/12/2000

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Ichthyology

• Collecting Areas

  Ichthyology

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Craniata

• Superclass

  Gnathostomata

• Class

  Actinopterygii

• Order

  Atheriniformes

• Family

  Melanotaeniidae

• Genus

  Melanotaenia

• Species Name

  fluviatilis