''Chilatherina pricei'', commonly known as Price's rainbowfish, is a species of

rainbowfish The rainbowfish or Melanotaeniidae is a family of small, colourful freshwater fish found in northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea (including islands in Cenderawasih Bay and Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia), Sulawesi and Madagascar. The lar ...

only found on

Yapen Island Yapen (also Japan, Jobi) is an island of Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is Mios Num Island a ...

. The species was described by

Gerald R. Allen Gerald Robert "Gerry" Allen (born March 26, 1942 in Los Angeles, California) is an American-born Australian ichthyologist. His career began in 1963, when he spent a semester at the University of Hawaii, where he also received a PhD in marine zo ...

and Samuel J. Renyaan in 1996, and was named after David Price, who collected the

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for this species.

Distribution and habitat

''Chilatherina pricei'' is

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Yapen Yapen (also Japan, Jobi) is an island of Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is Mios Num Island a ...

Cenderawasih Bay Cenderawasih Bay ( id, Teluk Cenderawasih, "Bird of Paradise Bay"), also known as Sarera Bay ( id, Teluk Sarera) and formerly Geelvink Bay ( nl, Geelvinkbaai), is a large bay in northern Province of Papua, Central Papua and West Papua, New Guine ...

Western New Guinea Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, or Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the Melanesian island of New Guinea which is administered by Indonesia. Since the island is alternatively named as Papua, the region ...

, Indonesia, where it is found in the main channel of the Reifafeif river system over boulders or rocks. Price's rainbowfish is sometimes found with the '' Melanotaenia japenensis'', despite it generally not occurring in the main channel of the Reifafeif river.

Description

Price's rainbowfish grows to a length of , and was described based on 23 collected specimens. It looks similar to ''

Chilatherina fasciata ''Chilatherina'' is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * ''Chilatherina alleni'' Price, 1997 * ''Chilatherina axelrodi'' G. R. Allen, 1979 (Axel ...

'', but has a blunter snout.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6412618 pricei Taxa named by Gerald R. Allen Taxa named by Samuel Jafet Renyaan Fish described in 1996