''Chilatherina'' is a genus of

rainbowfish The rainbowfish or Melanotaeniidae is a family of small, colourful freshwater fish found in northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea (including islands in Cenderawasih Bay and Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia), Sulawesi and Madagascar. The lar ...

es that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to freshwater in

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Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Chilatherina alleni ''Chilatherina'' is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * '' Chilatherina alleni'' Price, 1997 * '' Chilatherina axelrodi'' G. R. Allen, 1979 (Ax ...

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, 1997 * ''

Chilatherina axelrodi Axelrod's rainbowfish (''Chilatherina axelrodi'') is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is found in Papua New Guinea in the Yungkiri stream in the north western part of that nation. Typically its preferred habitat is a ...

'' G. R. Allen, 1979 (Axelrod's rainbowfish) * ''

Chilatherina bleheri Bleher's rainbowfish (''Chilatherina bleheri'') is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. Etymology It is named in honor of Heiko Bleher, a German botanist and ichthyologist.Corbihan, M., 2010. Heiko Bleher – Explorateu ...

'' G. R. Allen, 1985 (Bleher's rainbowfish) * ''

Chilatherina bulolo The bulolo rainbowfish (''Chilatherina bulolo'') is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae Melanotaeniinae the Australian rainbowfishes is a subfamily of the rainbowfishes of the family Melanotaeniidae. They are a group of ...

'' ( Whitley, 1938) (Bulolo rainbowfish) * ''

Chilatherina campsi ''Chilatherina'' is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * ''Chilatherina alleni'' Price, 1997 * '' Chilatherina axelrodi'' G. R. Allen, 1979 (Axe ...

'' ( Whitley, 1957) (Highlands rainbowfish) * ''

Chilatherina crassispinosa ''Chilatherina'' is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * ''Chilatherina alleni'' Price, 1997 * ''Chilatherina axelrodi'' G. R. Allen, 1979 (Axel ...

'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Silver rainbowfish) * ''

Chilatherina fasciata ''Chilatherina'' is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * '' Chilatherina alleni'' Price, 1997 * '' Chilatherina axelrodi'' G. R. Allen, 1979 (Ax ...

'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Barred rainbowfish) * ''

Chilatherina lorentzii ''Chilatherina'' is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * '' Chilatherina alleni'' Price, 1997 * '' Chilatherina axelrodi'' G. R. Allen, 1979 (Ax ...

'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Lorentz's rainbowfish) * ''

Chilatherina pagwiensis ''Chilatherina'' is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * ''Chilatherina alleni'' Price, 1997 * ''Chilatherina axelrodi'' G. R. Allen, 1979 (Axel ...

'' G. R. Allen & Unmack, 2012Allen, G.R. & Unmack, P.J. (2012): A new species of Rainbowfish (''Chilatherina'': Melanotaeniidae), from the Sepik River System of Papua New Guinea. ''aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (4): 227-237.'' * ''

Chilatherina pricei ''Chilatherina pricei'', commonly known as Price's rainbowfish, is a species of rainbowfish only found on Yapen Island. The species was described by Gerald R. Allen and Samuel J. Renyaan in 1996, and was named after David Price, who collected th ...

'' G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Price's rainbowfish)Chilatherina
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Chilatherina sentaniensis The Sentani rainbowfish (''Chilatherina sentaniensis'') is a critically endangered species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia, where restricted to Lake Sentani (about 10 km west of J ...

'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Sentani rainbowfish)

References

Melanotaeniinae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Freshwater fish of New Guinea {{Atheriniformes-stub