Red Rainbow Fish
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OSTEICHTHYES: ORDER: FAMILY: Glossolepis

Glossolepis incisus Weber, 1908

Red Rainbow Fish

Photo by Dr. Robert Sprackland.

 

Range: Limited to Lake Sentani in northern central New Guinea, in West Papua (Irian Jaya).

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Literature: 

Allen, Gerald. 1991. Freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Christensen Research Institute Publication No. 9.