
%0 Journal Article
%A Crowley, LELM 
%A Ivantsoff, W 
%A Allen, GR 
%T Taxonomic position of two crimson-spotted rainbowfish, <I>Melanotaenia duboulayi</I> and <I>Melanotaenia fluviatilis</I> (Pisces : Melanotaeniidae), from eastern Australia, with special reference to their early life-history stages
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1986/06/01
%V 37
%N 3
%P 385-398
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9860385
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9860385 
%X In recent literature, the crimson-spotted rainbowfish from eastern Australia, M. fluviatilis, is recognized as a single species or subspecies. The present paper includes a study of early life-history stages, which shows that two species are represented: M. duboulayi (Castelnau) from eastern or coastal drainage systems of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, and M. fluviatilis (Castelnau) of the inland Murray-Darling system. 
