''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 ...

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 else ...

to freshwater in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

Species

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

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, 1997 * '' Chilatherina axelrodi'' G. R. Allen, 1979 (Axelrod's rainbowfish) * '' Chilatherina bleheri'' G. R. Allen, 1985 (Bleher's rainbowfish) * '' Chilatherina bulolo'' ( Whitley, 1938) (Bulolo rainbowfish) * '' Chilatherina campsi'' ( 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 (Ax ...

'' ( 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 (Ax ...

'' 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
/ref> * '' Chilatherina sentaniensis'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Sentani rainbowfish)

References

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