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Australian Faunal Directory FishBase Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/9ce9e945-30c5-44e3-97cf-c75e09f458ea/ Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanotaenia&speciesname=australis ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanotaenia&speciesname=australis http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanotaenia&speciesname=australis ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanotaenia&speciesname=australis https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanotaenia&speciesname=australis ---> https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Melanotaenia-australis.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Melanotaenia Species in    Melanotaeniidae - Classification - Melanotaeniidae Atheriniformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Melanotaenia australis ( Castelnau , 1875 ) Western rainbowfish Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Melanotaenia australis Picture by Greco, F.M. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Atheriniformes (Silversides) > Melanotaeniidae (Rainbowfishes, blue eyes) Etymology: Melanotaenia: Greek, melan, -anos = black + latin, taenia = stripe (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Castelnau . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Freshwater; pelagic; pH range: 6.5 - 8.0. Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060 ) Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Oceania: widespread in northwestern Australia; throughout the Pilbara region of Western Australia between the Ashburton and DeGrey Rivers and in the Kimberley region in the extreme northern part of Western Australia between the Fitzroy River and the Northern Territory border. Also in the northwestern sector of the Timor Sea drainage of the Northern Territory as far as the Adelaide River just east of Darwin. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 44894 ); common length : 8.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 44894 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-12; Anal spines : 1; Anal soft rays : 16 - 21 Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Habitat is highly variable which includes rivers, creeks, swamps, marshy lagoons, lakes and reservoirs (Ref. 44894 ). Often forms aggregations at or near the surface of rocky pools or congregates along stream margins where there is vegetative cover or submerged logs and branches (Ref. 44894 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Distinct pairing (Ref. 205 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Allen, G.R., S.H. Midgley and M. Allen , 2002. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia. 394 p. (Ref. 44894 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 14 February 2019 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Aquarium: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  2.9   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : Laguna, Philippines Page last modified by : mrius-barile Updated: 2024-04-27 10:26:01 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation