Lake Eacham rainbowfish

Lake Eacham rainbowfish
A Lake Eacham rainbowfish in an aquarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species: M. eachamensis
Binomial name
Melanotaenia eachamensis
G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1982

The Lake Eacham rainbowfish (Melanotaenia eachamensis) is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family endemic to Yidyam (Lake Eacham), Queensland, Australia.

Conservation

The species was thought to be extinct due to predation from native fishes — including the Barred Grunter (Amniataba percoides) and Mouth Almighty (Glossamia aprion) — illegally translocated to Lake Eacham in the 1980s.[1] The species was rediscovered in the private collections of aquarists and has also been found to have a wider distribution in the Barron and Johnstone River systems.[1]

It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and Endangered on the EPBC Act 1999.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bray, Dianne; Gomon, Martin. "Lake Eacham Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia eachamensis". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  • Allen, Gerald R.; & Cross, Norbert J. (1982). Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua New Guinea. Angus & Robertson, Australia. ISBN 0-207-14604-7
  • Wager, R. 1996. Melanotaenia eachamensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.


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