Melanotaenia lacustris

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	ATHERINIFORMES	MELANOTAENIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Melanotaenia lacustris

Species Authority:

Munro, 1964

Common Name/s:

English

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Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1ac ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s

Allen, G.

History:

1994

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Vulnerable (IUCN)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	M. lacustris is endemic to Lake Kutubu in the Kikori River system of Papua New Guinea.
Countries:	Native: Papua New Guinea

Population [top]

Population Trend:	Unknown

Population Trend:

Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The freshwater lake habitat is about 19 km long and 2-4 km wide.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The introduction of gill nets and outboard motors on the lake along with the development of oil drilling and logging in the area over the last ten years are the main threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

The introduction of gill nets and outboard motors on the lake along with the development of oil drilling and logging in the area over the last ten years are the main threats to this species.

Citation:	Allen, G. 1996. Melanotaenia lacustris. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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