Typová lokalita
Southeastern corner of Lake Furnusu, 3°33.988'S, 133°51.933'E, 15 km northeast of Kaimana, West Papua Province, Indonesia, depth 2-3 meters, lake elevation 15 meters.
Velikost
54 mm SL.
Původní popis
Allen, G. R. & Hadiaty, R. K. 2011. A New Species of Rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae), from western New Guinea (West Papua Province, Indonesia). Journal of the Australia New Guinea Fishes Association, 25 (1): 602-607.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.