Specimen Details

  • 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

  • Identified By

    Alison J. King - Arthur Rylah Institute, Heidelberg

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Stage Or Age

    metalarvae

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Spirit specimen, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: ethanol, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Collected By

    Alison J. King - Arthur Rylah Institute, Heidelberg

  • Sampling Method

    electrofisher sweep net

  • Date Visited From

    11/01/1999

  • Date Visited To

    11/01/1999

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Broken River, Upper, Morago property - littoral

  • Latitude

    -36.525

  • Longitude

    145.958

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps