Bulolo rainbowfish

Bulolo rainbowfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Chilatherina
Species: C. bulolo
Binomial name
Chilatherina bulolo
(Whitley, 1938)

The bulolo rainbowfish (Chilatherina bulolo) is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. Distribution: Bulolo Rainbowfish are found in the fast flowing, rapid water of the mountain streams in the Markham and Ramu river systems of north-eastern Papua New Guinea. It was first collected in 1934 and then not again until 1978. There is insufficient data to suggest the current levels of population of this species.

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