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Species Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)

Murray River Rainbowfish, Australian Rainbowfish, Crimson-spotted Jewel-fish, Crimson-spotted Jewelfish, Crimson-spotted Rainbow Fish, Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish, Murray River Sunfish, Murray-Darling Sunfish, Pink Ear, Pink-ear, Pink-eared Rainbowfish, Rainbow-fish

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Introduction

Considered a senior synonym of Melanotaenia duboulayi until recently, giving a larger distribution than is currently recognised.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Western side of the Great Dividing Range from upper reaches of Barcoo River (24º50'S), near Blackall, to upper reaches of Condamine River (152º12) near Warwick, QLD, and throughout Murray Darling River system, NSW, VIC and eastern SA (139º19´E). Mount Lofty Ranges, SA (probable translocations), Campaspe River (36º45´S) and Goulburn River (37º06´S), VIC appear to be southern limits of distribution but possible record from Robe, SA (37º10'S); tropical.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
    • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, omnivore.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [150]

Allen, G.R. & Cross, N.J. 1982. Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua-New Guinea. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 142 pp. figs. [56] (as M. splendida fluviatilis, in part)

Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [87] (as M. splendida fluviatilis, in part)

Crowley, L.E.L.M., Ivantsoff, W. & Allen, G.R. 1986. Taxonomic position of two crimson-spotted rainbowfish, Melanotaenia duboulayi and Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Pisces: Melanotaeniidae), from Eastern Australia, with special reference to their early life-history stages. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 385-398 figs 1-6 [393]

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [806]

Kuiter, R.H. 2013. Pictorial Guide to Victoria's Freshwater Fishes. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics 178 pp. [98]

Leggett, R. & Merrick, J.R. 1987. Australian Native Fishes for Aquariums. Artarmon : J.R. Merrick Publications 241 pp. 142 figs. [150]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [112] (as Melanotaenia nigrans, in part)

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1996. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [138]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [168] (as M. splendida fluviatilis, in part)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [96] (662)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [39] (639, as Nematocentris fluviatilis)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
21-Jul-2014 ATHERINIFORMES 23-Jun-2016 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese
12-Feb-2010 (import)