Melanotaenia australis, the western rainbowfish, is a species of freshwater rainbowfish endemic to Australia's Kimberley and Pilbara,[1] Top End.[2] The western rainbowfish (Melanotaenia, australis) is one of the most common and highly abundant freshwater fish endemic to north-western Australia;[3] It ranges from the Ashburton River in the Pilbara region of Western Australia to the Adelaide river in the Northern Territory.[4] It shows extensive geographic variation in their color pattern.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Melanotaenia |
| Species: | M. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau, 1878)
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Neoatherina australis Castelnau, 1878 | |
Predation is associated with the variation in color pattern in rainbow fish ( Melanotaenia australis).[5] Meanwhile, variation in reflectance and body shape was associated with variation in environmental conditions.[5]
References
edit- ^ Tappin, Adrian R. (2010). Rainbowfishes - Their care & keeping in captivity (PDF). Art Publications.
- ^ Bray, Dianne J. (2011). "Western Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau 1875)". Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ a b Mondol, Md. Rashedul Kabir; Schmidt, Dan J.; Huey, Joel A.; Hughes, Jane M. (2014-12-01). "Development of microsatellite markers for western rainbowfish (Melanotaenia australis) using the Ion Torrent second generation sequencing approach". Conservation Genetics Resources. 6 (4): 829–831. doi:10.1007/s12686-014-0271-z. ISSN 1877-7260.
- ^ Phillips, R. D.; Storey, A. W.; Johnson, M. S. (February 2009). "Genetic structure of Melanotaenia australis at local and regional scales in the east Kimberley, Western Australia". Journal of Fish Biology. 74 (2): 437–451. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02099.x. ISSN 0022-1112.
- ^ a b Young, Michael J.; Simmons, Leigh W.; Evans, Jonathan P. (January 2011). "Predation is associated with variation in colour pattern, but not body shape or colour reflectance, in a rainbowfish (Melanotaenia australis): Predation regime and phenotype in rainbowfish". Journal of Animal Ecology. 80 (1): 183–191. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01759.x.
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