banded rainbow fish

Scientific Name
Melanotaenia trifasciata
Category
Fish

Banded rainbow fish— A deep bodied colourful rainbowfish with a dark lateral stripe.

(Text by Michael Hammer, Northern Territory Museum)

Other fish belong to the generic class known as dilebang. These include most rainbow fish and hardyheads e.g. Banded rainbow fish, Mariana's hardyhead. Some speakers also include the spotted blue-eye or the delicate blue-eye.

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Kunwinjku term
dilebang
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Kundjeyhmi term
dilebang
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Kuninjku term
dilebang
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Kune/Mayali term
dilebang
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Kundedjnjenghmi term
dilebang
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