Biology:Cairnsichthys
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Subfamily: | Melanotaeniinae |
| Genus: | Cairnsichthys Allen, 1980 |
| Type species | |
| Rhadinocentrus rhombosomoides Nichols & Raven, 1828[1]
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Cairnsichthys is a genus of rainbowfishes from the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. The genus is endemic to freshwater streams in eastern Queensland in north eastern Australia.[2] The genus was designated as a monotypic genus in 1928 by John T. Nichols and Henry C. Raven but in 2018 a second species was assigned to the genus.[3][4]
Species
- Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus Allen, Hammer & Raadik, 2018 - Daintree rainbowfish[5]
- Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides (Nichols & Raven, 1928) - Cairns rainbowfish
Etymology
The genus is named after the Australian city of Cairns with the suffix ichthys which is Greek for "fish".[6]
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Cairnsichthys". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=8289.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Cairnsichthys in FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Cairnsichthys". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Cairnsichthys.
- ↑ "Cairnsichthys". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/247. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ↑ Hammer, M. P.; G. R. Allen; K. C. Martin et al. (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. PMID 29690109. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4413.2.3.
- ↑ "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 14 March 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/atheriniformes2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q18521241 entry
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