Species Melanotaenia splendida (Peters, 1866)

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Generic Combinations

• Melanotaenia splendida (Peters, 1866). —
  Allen, G.R. & Cross, N.J. 1982. Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua-New Guinea. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 142 pp. figs. [56-61] (changed combination cited with subspecies)

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

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

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

Common Name References

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

History of changes