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Cairns rainbowfish

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Cairns rainbowfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Cairnsichthys
Species:
C. rhombosomoides
Binomial name
Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides
(Nichols & Raven, 1928)
Synonyms[2]

Rhadinocentrus rhombosomoides Nichols & Raven, 1928

The Cairns rainbowfish (Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides) is a species of rainbowfish endemic to Australia. This species is endemic to the wet tropics of north eastern Queensland from the Daintree River and Cape Tribulation in the north south to Innisfail where its occurs in shallow, fast flowing, shady streams over sandy substrates where the roots of trees, woody debris, leaf litter, undercut banks and hydrophytes provide cover.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Ebner, B.; Brown, C.; Hammer, M.; Unmack, P.; Martin, K. (2019). "Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T3461A123377657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T3461A123377657.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides February". FishBase.
  3. ^ Gomon, M.F. & Bray, D.J. (2018). "Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

Further reading

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  • Hammer, Michael P. ; Gerald R. Allen; Keith C. Martin; Mark Adams; Brendan C. Ebner; Tarmo A. Raadik; and Peter J. Unmack (2018). Revision of the Australian Wet Tropics Endemic Rainbowfish Genus Cairnsichthys (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae), with Description of A New Species. Zootaxa. 4413(2); 271–294. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.3