Species profile—Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus (Daintree rainbowfish)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Melanotaeniidae (rainbowfishes) → Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus (Daintree rainbowfish)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Melanotaeniidae (rainbowfishes)
- Scientific name
- Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams, Ebner, Raadik & Unmack 2018
- Common name
- Daintree rainbowfish
- Type reference
- Hammer, M.P., Allen, G.R., Martin, K.C., Adams, M., Ebner, B.C., Raadik, T.A. & Unmack, P.J. (2018). Revision of the Australian Wet Tropics endemic rainbowfish genus Cairnsichthys (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4413 (2), 271-294.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 36473
- Synonym(s)
- Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Critically endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
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=36473.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
