Species profile—Melanotaenia splendida inornata (checkered rainbowfish)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Melanotaeniidae (rainbowfishes) → Melanotaenia splendida inornata (checkered rainbowfish)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Melanotaeniidae (rainbowfishes)
- Scientific name
- Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau, 1875)
- Common name
- checkered rainbowfish
- WildNet taxon ID
- 27028
- Alternate name(s)
- checkered rainbow
checked rainbowfish
chequered rainbowfish - Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=27028
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.