Pima River rainbowfish [SEP] parent taxon
Pima River rainbowfish
The Pima River rainbowfish ("Melanotaenia pimanensis") is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea where its has been recorded only from the Pima River where it meets the Tua River in the Southern Highlands.
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Conservation.
In the wild, the Running River rainbowfish is confined to a 13 km stretch of Running River, isolated between two gorges. In August 2015, ecologists Peter Unmack and Michael Hammer discovered that eastern rainbowfish had been introduced into the upper section of Running River, and were hybridising and introgressing with the Running River rainbowfish. Due to this hybridisation threat, the Australian Society for Fish Biology listed the Running River rainbowfish as critically endangered in September 2016.
In August 2015, researchers from the University