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Sahul rainbowfish (Melanotaenia sahulensis)
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Sahul rainbowfish (Melanotaenia sahulensis) specimen
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Melanotaeniidae

Sahul rainbowfish

Melanotaenia sahulensis

Four Point Eight Centimeters Melanotaeniid Fish of Indonesian Waters

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Sahul rainbowfish is known from Oceania as a fish. Records give a maximum length of 4.8 cm.

Maximum length
4.8 cm
Distribution
Oceania: Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern
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