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| Scientific Name | Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau, 1875) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Coast of Swan River Colony, Western Australia. |
| Synonym(s) | Melanotaenia splendida australis, Neoatherina australis |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 110mm or 4.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Oceania: widespread in northwestern Australia; throughout the Pilbara region of Western Australia between the Ashburton and DeGrey Rivers and in the Kimberley region in the extreme northern part of Western Australia between the Fitzroy River and the Northern Territory border. Also in the northwestern sector of the Timor Sea drainage of the Northern Territory as far as the Adelaide River just east of Darwin. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Reposrt and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria., pp 32. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it. |
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 | Look up M. australis on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:5.48.701.7263 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:54 (species record created: 2018 Sep 22 03:44) |