Species profile—Melanotaenia splendida tatei (desert rainbowfish)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Melanotaeniidae (rainbowfishes) → Melanotaenia splendida tatei (desert rainbowfish)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Melanotaeniidae (rainbowfishes)
- Scientific name
- Melanotaenia splendida tatei (Ziertz, 1896)
- Common name
- desert rainbowfish
- WildNet taxon ID
- 27030
- Alternate name(s)
- Australian 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=27030.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
