Species profile—Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Murray River rainbowfish)
Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Actinopterygii ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=actinopterygii ) (ray-finned fishes) → Melanotaeniidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=actinopterygii&family=melanotaeniidae ) (rainbowfishes) → Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Murray River rainbowfish)
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=27025&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=27025&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=27025 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=actinopterygii ) (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=actinopterygii ) (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Melanotaeniidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=actinopterygii&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 ( https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/components/biota/fauna/fauna-indicator-species/ )
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Melanotaenia%20fluviatilis#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=MELANOTAENIA%2BFLUVIATILIS )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=27025 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=27025 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
