Melanotaenia

Melanotaenia
	Boeseman's Rainbowfish (M. boesemani)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Melanotaeniidae
Genus:	Melanotaenia; T. N. Gill, 1862
Type species
	Atherina nigrans; J. Richardson, 1843
Synonyms
	Nematocentris W. K. H. Peters, 1866; Strabo Kner & Steindachner, 1867; Zantecla Castelnau, 1873; Aida Castelnau, 1875; Neoatherina Castelnau, 1875; Aristeus Castelnau, 1878; Rhombatractus T. N. Gill, 1894; Anisocentrus Regan, 1914; Rhombosoma Regan, 1914; Aidaprora Whitley, 1935; Amneris Whitley, 1935; Charisella Fowler, 1939;

Melanotaenia is a genus of rainbowfish from Australia, New Guinea, and nearby smaller islands.

Species

There are currently 63 recognized species in this genus:

Melanotaenia affinis M. C. W. Weber, 1907 (North New Guinea rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia ajamaruensis G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1980 (Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia ammeri G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008 (Ammer's rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia angfa G. R. Allen, 1990 (Yakati rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia arfakensis G. R. Allen, 1990 (Arfak rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia arguni Kadarusman, Hadiaty, Ségura, Setia Wibawa, D. Caruso, Pouyaud, 2012 (Arguni rainbowfish) ^[1]
Melanotaenia australis Castelnau, 1875 (Western rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia batanta G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1998 (Batanta rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia boesemani G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1980 (Boeseman's rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia caerulea G. R. Allen, 1996 (Blue rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia catherinae de Beaufort, 1910 (Waigeo rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia corona G. R. Allen, 1982 (Corona rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia duboulayi Castelnau, 1878 (Duboulay's rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia eachamensis G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1982 (Lake Eacham rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia ericrobertsi G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014 (Suswa rainbowfish) ^[2]
Melanotaenia exquisita G. R. Allen, 1978 (Exquisite rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia fasinensis Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis & Pouyaud, 2010 (Fasin rainbowfish) ^[3]
Melanotaenia flavipinnis G. R. Allen, Hadiaty & Unmack, 2014 (Misool yellowfin rainbowfish) ^[4]
Melanotaenia fluviatilis Castelnau, 1878 (Murray River rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia fredericki Fowler, 1939 (Sorong rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia goldiei W. J. Macleay, 1883 (Goldie River rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia gracilis G. R. Allen, 1978 (Slender rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi G. R. Allen, 1981 (Lake Tebera rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia irianjaya G. R. Allen, 1985 (Irian Jaya rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia iris G. R. Allen, 1987 (Strickland rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia japenensis G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1980 (Yapen rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia kamaka G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Kamaka rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia kokasensis G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008 (Kokas rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia lacustris Munro, 1964 (Lake Kutubu rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia lakamora G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Lakamora rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia laticlavia G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014 (Aifuf rainbowfish) ^[2]
Melanotaenia maccullochi J. D. Ogilby, 1915 (MacCulloch's rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia mairasi G. R. Allen & Hadiaty, 2011 (Lake Furnusu rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia maylandi G. R. Allen, 1983 (Mayland's rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia misoolensis G. R. Allen, 1982 (Misool rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia monticola G. R. Allen, 1980 (Mountain rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia mubiensis G. R. Allen, 1996 (Mubi rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia multiradiata G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014 (Moswaren rainbowfish) ^[2]
Melanotaenia nigrans J. Richardson, 1843 (Black-banded rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia ogilbyi M. C. W. Weber, 1910 (Ogilby's rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia oktediensis G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1980 (Oktedi rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia papuae G. R. Allen, 1981 (Papuan rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia parkinsoni G. R. Allen, 1980 (Parkinson's rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia parva G. R. Allen, 1990 (Lake Kuromai rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia pierucciae G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Pierucci's rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia pimaensis G. R. Allen, 1981 (Pima River rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia praecox M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922 (Dwarf rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia pygmaea G. R. Allen, 1978 (Pygmy rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia rubripinnis G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1998 (Red-finned rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia salawati Kadarusman, Sudarto, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2011 (Salawati rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia sexlineata Munro, 1964 (Fly River rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia sneideri G. R. Allen & Hadiaty, 2013 (Kumawa rainbowfish) ^[5]
Melanotaenia solata W. R. Taylor, 1964 (Northern rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia splendida W. K. H. Peters, 1866
- M. s. inornata Castelnau, 1875 (Checkered rainbowfish)
- M. s. rubrostriata E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886 (Red-striped rainbowfish)
- M. s. splendida W. K. H. Peters, 1866 (Eastern rainbowfish)
- M. s. tatei Zietz (fi), 1896 (Desert rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia sylvatica G. R. Allen, 1997 (Forest rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia synergos G. R. Allen & Unmack, 2008 (Batanta Island rainbowfish) ^[6]
Melanotaenia trifasciata Rendahl (de), 1922 (Banded rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia urisa Kadarusman, Hadiaty, Ségura, Setia Wibawa, D. Caruso, Pouyaud, 2012 (Urisa rainbowfish) ^[1]
Melanotaenia utcheensis McGuigen, 2001 (Utchee rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia vanheurni M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922 (Van Heurn's rainbowfish)
Melanotaenia veoliae Kadarusman, Hadiaty, Ségura, Setia Wibawa, D. Caruso, Pouyaud, 2012 (Veolia rainbowfish) ^[1]
Melanotaenia wanoma Kadarusman, Hadiaty, Ségura, Setia Wibawa, D. Caruso, Pouyaud, 2012 (Wanoma rainbowfish) ^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kadarusman, Hadiaty, R.K., Segura, G., Setia Wibawa, G., Caruso, D. & Pouyaud, L. (2012): Four new species of Rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from Arguni Bay, West Papua, Indonesia / Quatre nouvelles espèces de poissons arc-en-ciel (Melanotaeniidae) de la baie d’Arguni en Papouasie occidentale, Indonésie. Cybium, 36 (2): 369-382.
^ ^a ^b ^c Allen, G. R., Unmack, P. J., Hadiaty, R. K.(2014): Three new species of Rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Head Peninsula, West Papua Province, Indonesia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (3): 139-158.
^ Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis & Pouyaud (2010). "Description of Melanotaenia fasinensis, a new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae) from West Papua, Indonesia with comments on the rediscovery of M. ajamaruensis and the endangered status of M. parva" (PDF). Cybium. 34 (2): 207–215.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Allen, G.R., Hadiaty, R.K. & Unmack, P.J. (2014): Melanotaenia flavipinnis, a new species of Rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae) from Misool Island, West Papua Province, Indonesia, aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (1): 35-52.
^ Allen, G.R. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2013): Melanotaenia sneideri, a New Species of Rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae), from West Papua Province, Indonesia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (3): 137-146.
^ Allen & Unmack (2008). "A new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae: Melanotaenia), from Batanta Island, western New Guinea". Aqua (Miradolo Terme). 13 (3–4): 109–120.

[Kadarusman2012-1] Kadarusman, Hadiaty, R.K., Segura, G., Setia Wibawa, G., Caruso, D. & Pouyaud, L. (2012): Four new species of Rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from Arguni Bay, West Papua, Indonesia / Quatre nouvelles espèces de poissons arc-en-ciel (Melanotaeniidae) de la baie d’Arguni en Papouasie occidentale, Indonésie. Cybium, 36 (2): 369-382.

[Allen,_Unmack_&_Hadiaty2014-2] Allen, G. R., Unmack, P. J., Hadiaty, R. K.(2014): Three new species of Rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Head Peninsula, West Papua Province, Indonesia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (3): 139-158.

[3] Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis & Pouyaud (2010). "Description of Melanotaenia fasinensis, a new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae) from West Papua, Indonesia with comments on the rediscovery of M. ajamaruensis and the endangered status of M. parva" (PDF). Cybium. 34 (2): 207–215.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] Allen, G.R., Hadiaty, R.K. & Unmack, P.J. (2014): Melanotaenia flavipinnis, a new species of Rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae) from Misool Island, West Papua Province, Indonesia, aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (1): 35-52.

[Allen2013-5] Allen, G.R. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2013): Melanotaenia sneideri, a New Species of Rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae), from West Papua Province, Indonesia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (3): 137-146.

[6] Allen & Unmack (2008). "A new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae: Melanotaenia), from Batanta Island, western New Guinea". Aqua (Miradolo Terme). 13 (3–4): 109–120.

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