Specimen A 28329.4 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

• Identified By

  Alison J. King - Arthur Rylah Institute, Heidelberg

• Number Of Specimens

  2

• Sex

  Unknown

• Stage Or Age

  metalarvae

• Specimen Nature

  Spirit specimen Wet ethanol ethanol 70%

• Collected By

  Alison J. King - Arthur Rylah Institute, Heidelberg

• Sampling Method

  electrofisher sweep net

• Date Visited From

  10/12/1998

• Date Visited To

  10/12/1998

• 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