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| Chilatherina lorentzi [Sermowai River] - photo© Gerald Allen |
(Weber, 1908)
Lorentz's Rainbowfish
Species Summary
Chilatherina lorentzi have a basic bluish body colour grading to silvery-blue ventrally and a broad darker blue midlateral band, with clear to yellowish fins. They may attain a length of about 12 cm with a body depth of around 3-4 cm.
Distribution & Habitat
Known only from the Sermowai and Tawarin rivers on the north coast of West Papua, and from Puive Creek, a tributary of the Pual River, near Vanimo, Papua New Guinea in 1979. They were collected from slow-flowing stream that was enclosed by dense rainforest. The bottom was covered entirely with leaf litter. The fishes were confined in the deeper sections of the stream in the vicinity of waterplants and debris. Temperature 28° Celsius and pH 7.8.
Remarks
This species is poorly known and live specimens have never been collected for the aquarium hobby.
Literature
Allen, G.R. (1991). Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea.
Weber, M. (1907). Süsswasserfische von Neu-Guinea ein Beitrag zur Frage nach dem früheren Zusammenhang von Neu-Guinea und Australien. In: Nova Guinea. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique Néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée. Süsswasserfische Neu-Guinea 201-267.
© Copyright Adrian R. Tappin
Updated December, 2008.
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