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Two new species of dwarf rainbowfishes (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae) from northern Australia and southern New Guinea

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Hammer, Michael P., Allen, Gerald R., Martin, Keith C., Adams, Mark, Unmack, Peter J. (2019): Two new species of dwarf rainbowfishes (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae) from northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Zootaxa 4701 (3): 201-234, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.3.1

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