Iriatherina werneri | 水產百科網

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Iriatherina werneri (Cadell River) - photo© Dave Wilson

Species Summary In 1973, two visiting German aquarists collected some small freshwater fishes in a rice paddy field on the outskirts of the town of Merauke in New Guinea. They were transported back to Europe and a number of them were given to Herman Meinken, a well known aquarist and ichthyologist, who realised that they were an undescribed species. In 1974, Meinken published the scientific description of the fish in the German aquarium magazine Das Aquarium (Aqua Terra) and they were named Iriatherina werneri after one of the collectors, Arthur Werner. They are commonly known as the Threadfin or Featherfin Rainbowfish. In Australia the Standard Names of Australian Fishes published by the CSIRO lists them as Threadfin Rainbowfish....