en Corona rainbowfish

Corona rainbowfish
Conservation status
	; Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Melanotaeniidae
Genus:	Melanotaenia
Species:	M. corona
Binomial name
	Melanotaenia corona; G. R. Allen, 1982

The corona rainbowfish (Melanotaenia corona) is a species of fish in the family Melanotaeniidae. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.^[2] Only two specimens of this rainbowfish have ever been collected, both males from the Sermowai River in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, which were collected in 1911 by K. Gjellerup.^[3]

References

^ Allen, G.R.; Kadarusman.; Unmack, P. (2020). "Melanotaenia corona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13060A147682131. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13060A147682131.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia corona". FishBase. April 2019 version.
^ Gerald R. Allen (1982). "Melanotaenia corona, a new species of rainbowfish from northern New Guinea (Pisces, Atheriniformes, Melanotaeniidae)". Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 8 (21): 173–176.

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[iucn_status_17_November_2021-1] Allen, G.R.; Kadarusman.; Unmack, P. (2020). "Melanotaenia corona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13060A147682131. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13060A147682131.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Melanotaenia corona". FishBase. April 2019 version.

[Allen-3] Gerald R. Allen (1982). "Melanotaenia corona, a new species of rainbowfish from northern New Guinea (Pisces, Atheriniformes, Melanotaeniidae)". Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 8 (21): 173–176.

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