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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau, 1875)
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Published in:Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Morris, G.B. 1997, "Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases", 15 pp. + appendices
Synonym Source
Melanotaenia splendida australis (Castelnau, 1875) synonym
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Published in:Allen, G.R. & Cross, N.J. 1982, Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua-New Guinea, 142 pp. figs, T.F.H. Publications, New Jersey p56
Nematocentrus australis (Castelnau, 1875) miscellaneous literature
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Published in:Lake, J.S. 1971, Freshwater Fishes and Rivers of Australia, 61 pp., Nelson, Melbourne p27
Nematocentris australis (Castelnau, 1875) synonym
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Published in:Whitley, G.P. 1964, "A survey of Australian Ichthyology", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. 89, no. 1, 11-127 p39 (640, changed combination cited)
Melanotaenia solata Taylor, 1964 synonym
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Published in:Taylor, W.R. 1964, "Fishes of Arnhem Land", Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, vol. 4, 44-307 figs 1-68 p129, pl. 21
Neoatherina australis Castelnau, 1875 synonym
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Published in:Castelnau, F.L. de 1875, "Researches on the fishes of Australia. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays. 2" p32
Common Name Source
Western Rainbowfish preferred Australia Australia
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Australian Rainbowfish Australia Australia
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Northern Rainbowfish Australia Australia
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Red-Tailed Rainbowfish Australia Australia
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Western Australian Jewel-Fish Australia Australia
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Western Australian Sun-Fish Australia Australia
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Western Rainbow Fish Australia Australia
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Western Rainbowfish Australia Australia
Westralian Sunfish Australia Australia
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Name Source
Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau, 1875) accepted
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Identifier Source
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bd5735c7-269b-41ca-8931-37d67885da61 Taxon unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a016adc1-f7a8-41ba-91ec-967e22310d82 Scientific Name current
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bd5735c7-269b-41ca-8931-37d67885da61 Taxon Concept current
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37245012 CAAB Code current
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37245024 CAAB Code current
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urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:bd5735c7-269b-41ca-8931-37d67885da61 Taxon LSID unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bd5735c7-269b-41ca-8931-37d67885da61 Taxon current
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Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
informal
Pisces
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
unranked
Euteleostei
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
ATHERINIFORMES
family
MELANOTAENIIDAE
genus
Melanotaenia
species
Melanotaenia australis
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