Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Bosemani Rainbow (Melanotaenia boesemani), recorded as Endangered
Bosemani Rainbow (Melanotaenia boesemani). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Bosemani Rainbow

Melanotaenia boesemani

Bosemani Rainbow is a rainbowfish in the family Melanotaeniidae (order Atheriniformes) — Melanotaenia boesemani, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Melanotaenia boesemani
Taxonomy
Atheriniformes · Melanotaeniidae · Melanotaenia

Range and habitat

M. Boesemani is endemic to the Ayamaru Lakes and their tributaries in a mountainous region of the Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Rainbowfish have smaller mouths in proportion to their bodies, so feed them appropriate-sized foods—such as krill flakes, dry pellets, frozen bloodworms, daphnia, and brine shrimp.

In crisis

Bosemani Rainbow is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Bosemani Rainbow, Wikidata item Q833254. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Bosemani Rainbow?
Bosemani Rainbow is a rainbowfish in the family Melanotaeniidae (order Atheriniformes) — Melanotaenia boesemani.
What is the conservation status of Bosemani Rainbow?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Melanotaenia boesemani. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Bosemani Rainbow live?
M. Boesemani is endemic to the Ayamaru Lakes and their tributaries in a mountainous region of the Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia.
Why is Bosemani Rainbow in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Melanotaenia boesemani?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Bosemani Rainbow a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.