Melanotaenia australis explained
Melanotaenia australis, the western rainbowfish, is a species of freshwater rainbowfish endemic to Australia's Kimberley and Pilbara,[1] Top End.[2] The western rainbowfish (Melanotaenia, australis) is one of the most common and highly abundant freshwater fish endemic to north-western Australia;[3] It ranges from the Ashburton River in the Pilbara region of Western Australia to the Adelaide river in the Northern Territory.[4] It shows extensive geographic variation in their color pattern.
Predation is associated with the variation in color pattern in rainbow fish (Melanotaenia australis).[5] Meanwhile, variation in reflectance and body shape was associated with variation in environmental conditions.
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Notes and References
- Book: Tappin, Adrian R. . 2010 . Rainbowfishes - Their care & keeping in captivity . Art Publications.
- Web site: Western Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau 1875) . Bray. Dianne J. . 2011. Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria . 25 February 2016.
- Mondol . Md. Rashedul Kabir . Schmidt . Dan J. . Huey . Joel A. . Hughes . Jane M. . 2014-12-01 . Development of microsatellite markers for western rainbowfish (Melanotaenia australis) using the Ion Torrent second generation sequencing approach . Conservation Genetics Resources . en . 6 . 4 . 829–831 . 10.1007/s12686-014-0271-z . 1877-7260.
- Phillips . R. D. . Storey . A. W. . Johnson . M. S. . February 2009 . Genetic structure of Melanotaenia australis at local and regional scales in the east Kimberley, Western Australia . Journal of Fish Biology . en . 74 . 2 . 437–451 . 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02099.x . 0022-1112.
- Young . Michael J. . Simmons . Leigh W. . Evans . Jonathan P. . January 2011 . Predation is associated with variation in colour pattern, but not body shape or colour reflectance, in a rainbowfish (Melanotaenia australis): Predation regime and phenotype in rainbowfish . Journal of Animal Ecology . en . 80 . 1 . 183–191 . 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01759.x.
