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Taxonomic position of two crimson-spotted rainbowfish, Melanotaenia duboulayi and Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Pisces : Melanotaeniidae), from eastern Australia, with special reference to their early life-history stages

1986; CSIRO Publishing; Volume: 37; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1071/mf9860385

1448-6059

L E L M Ivantsoff Crowley, W Ivantsoff, GR Allen,

Fish biology, ecology, and behavior

In recent literature, the crimson-spotted rainbowfish from eastern Australia, M. fluviatilis, is recognized as a single species or subspecies. The present paper includes a study of early life-history stages, which shows that two species are represented: M. duboulayi (Castelnau) from eastern or coastal drainage systems of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, and M. fluviatilis (Castelnau) of the inland Murray-Darling system.