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Chilatherina sentaniensis (Weber, 1907:235)

Sentani rainbowfish

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Rhombatractus sentaniensis Weber, 1907:235 (original combination)

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1954?

Rediscovered in ?

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

 

Distribution

Lake Sentani, Irian Jaya, New Guinea

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Weber, Max. (1907) Süsswasserfische von Neu-Guinea ein Beitrag zur Frage nach dem früheren Zusammenhang von Neu-Guinea und Australien. In: Nova Guinea. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique Néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée. Süsswasserfische Neu-Guinea 5(2): 201-267.


Other references:

Allen, Gerald R. (1981). A revision of the rainbowfish genus Chilatherina (Melanotaeniidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 9(3): 279-299.

Allen, G. (1996). Chilatherina sentaniensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T4631A11047266. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4631A11047266.en. Downloaded on 20 August 2017.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. pp. 378. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

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