Species Melanotaenia eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982

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• Melanotaenia eachamensis Allen, G.R. & Cross, N.J. 1982. Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua-New Guinea. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 142 pp. figs. [45].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM 18442, Lake Eacham, Atherton Tableland, N QLD.
  Paratype(s) AMNH 51596; AM I.22016-001; QM I.18443; WAM P.26386-001.

 

Introduction

The species was listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN in 1996 and is listed as Endangered in Australia under the Commonwealth EPBC Act.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lake Eacham, headwaters of Barron River and South Johnstone River, Atherton Tableland, QLD (17º17´S); tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [91]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [149]

Allen, G.R. & Cross, N.J. 1982. Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua-New Guinea. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 142 pp. figs. [45]

Crowley, L.E.L.M. & Ivantsoff, W. 1991. Genetic similarity among populations of rainbowfishes (Pisces: Melanotaeniidae) from Atherton Tableland, northern Queensland. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 2(2): 129-137 [129] (suggested that species is probably a synonym of M. splendida)

Leggett, R. & Merrick, J.R. 1987. Australian Native Fishes for Aquariums. Artarmon : J.R. Merrick Publications 241 pp. 142 figs. [136]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [162]

Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Arthington, A.H. 2004. Freshwater Fishes of North-eastern Australia. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 684 pp. [231]

Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1061]

Zhu, D., Degnan, S. & Moritz, C. 1998. Evolutionary distinctiveness and status of the endangered Lake Eacham rainbowfish (Melanotaenia eachamensis). Conservation Biology 12: 80-93

Zhu, D., Jamieson, B.G.M., Hugall, A. & Moritz, C. 1994. Sequence evolution and phylogenetic signal in coastal-region and cytochrome b sequences of rainbow fishes (Melanotaeniidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution 11: 672-683

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. & Cross, N.J. 1982. Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua-New Guinea. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 142 pp. figs. [45] (Lake Eacham Rainbowfish)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [161] (Lake Eacham Rainbow Fish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Lake Eacham Rainbowfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Jul-2014	ATHERINIFORMES	14-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED