Common name of Melanotaenia lacustris
 
Common name Lake Kutubu rainbowfish
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Papua New Guinea
Locality
Ref. IUCN, 1994
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Lake' from Old French 'lac' from Latin 'lacus' of the same source as Gaelic 'loch' and Latin 'lacuna', i.e., hole, pit, pool (p. 316 in Ref. 11979);
 
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