Species profile—Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Murray River rainbowfish)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Melanotaeniidae (rainbowfishes) → Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Murray River rainbowfish)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Melanotaeniidae (rainbowfishes)
- Scientific name
- Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)
- Common name
- Murray River rainbowfish
- WildNet taxon ID
- 27025
- Alternate name(s)
- crimson-spotted rainbowfish
Murray-Darling rainbowfish - Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=27025.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
