Melanotaenia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Atherinoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Atheriniformes Subordo: Atherinoidei

Familia: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Melanotaenia
Species: M. affinis – M. ajamaruensis – M. albimarginata – M. ammeri – M. angfa – M. arfakensis – M. arguni – M. aruensis – M. australis – M. batanta – M. boesemani – M. bowmani – M. caerulea – M. catherinae – M. corona – M. duboulayi – M. eachamensis – M. etnaensis – M. exquisita – M. flavipinnis – M. fluviatilis – M. fredericki – M. garylangei – M. goldiei – M. gracilis – M. grunwaldi – M. herbertaxelrodi – M. irianjaya – M. iris – M. japenensis – M. kamaka – M. klasioensis – M. kokasensis – M. kolaensis – M. lacunosa – M. lacustris – M. lakamora – M. longispina – M. maccullochi – M. mamahensis – M. manibuii – M. maylandi – M. misoolensis – M. monticola – M. mubiensis – M. naramasae – M. nigrans – M. ogilbyi – M. oktediensis – M. papuae – M. parkinsoni – M. parva – M. patoti – M. picta – M. pierucciae – M. pimaensis – M. praecox – M. pygmaea – M. rubripinnis – M. rubrivittata – M. rumberponensis – M. sahulensis – M. sembrae – M. senckenbergianus – M. sexlineata – M. sikuensis – M. sneideri – M. solata – M. splendida – M. susii – M. sylvatica – M. synergos – M. trifasciata – M. urisa – M. utcheensis – M. vanheurni – M. veoliae – M. wanoma – M. wilsoni – M. wokamensis

Name

Melanotaenia Gill, 1862

Gender: feminine

Type species: Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Gill, T. N. 1862. Notice of a collection of the fishes of California presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. Samuel Hubbard. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 274–282. BHL Reference page.
Allen, G.R. & S.J. Renyaan, 1996: Three new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Triton Lakes, Irian Jaya, New Guinea. International Journal of Ichthyology 2 (2): 13–24.
Allen, G.R. & Cross, N.J. 1980. Descriptions of five new rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from New Guinea. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(3): 377–396. BHL Reference page.
Hammer, M.P., Allen, G.R., Martin, K.C., Adams, M. & Unmack, P.J. 2019. Two new species of dwarf rainbowfishes (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae) from northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Zootaxa 4701(3): 201–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.3.1 Reference page.

Links

Melanotaenia – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Regenbogenfische
English: Rainbowfishes

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