Chilatherina pricei

(Chilatherina pricei)

Description

Chilatherina pricei, commonly known as Price's rainbowfish, is a species of rainbowfish only found on Yapen Island. The species was described by Gerald R. Allen and Samuel J. Renyaan in 1996, and was named after David Price, who collected the type specimen for this species.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:Atheriniformes
Family:Melanotaeniidae
Genus:Chilatherina
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