Paratherina wolterecki
Paratherina wolterecki is a species of fish in the subfamily Telmatherininae, part of the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae. This species is endemic to Indonesia.[1] They are found on the island of Sulawesi where they are occur in Lakes Towuti and Mahalona. The average length of this species as an unsexed male is about 15 centimetres (5.9 in). Their environment is pelagic and they live in tropical climates. It has the characteristic of having a mouth pointed upward.[2] The specific name honours the hydrologist and biologist Richard Woltereck (1877-1944), who collected specimens of all four species in the genus Paratherina and who sketched them from life.[3]
| Paratherina wolterecki | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Paratherina |
| Species: | P. wolterecki |
| Binomial name | |
| Paratherina wolterecki Aurich, 1935 | |
References
- Lumbantobing, D. 2019. Paratherina wolterecki. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T16196A90979958. Downloaded on 24 July 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Paratherina wolterecki" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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