Description Image of the Melanotaenia boesemani, male red variety fish
Date 5 March 2007
Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Red_m_boesemani.jpg
Author Eileen Kortright (Roan Art) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Roan_Art
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_m_boesemani.jpg

Boeseman's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani) is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is also known as the Boesemani rainbowfish. It is endemic to the Ayamaru Lakes and their tributaries in a mountainous region of the Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. It was named in honour of Marinus Boeseman, the collector of the type specimens. Order: Atheriniformes, Family: Melanotaeniidae, Species: Melanotaenia boesemani G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1980