''Melanotaenia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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 ...
from
Australia, Indonesia (West Papua),
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 ...
, and nearby smaller
island
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s.
Species
There are currently 86 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Melanotaenia affinis''
( M. C. W. Weber, 1908) (New Guinea rainbowfish)
* ''
Melanotaenia ajamaruensis''
G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1980 (Ajamaru rainbowfish)
* ''
Melanotaenia albimarginata''
G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 (White-tip rainbowfish)
[Allen, G.R., Hadiaty, R.K., Unmack, P.J. & Erdmann, M.V. (2015): Rainbowfishes (''Melanotaenia'': Melanotaeniidae) of the Aru Islands, Indonesia with descriptions of five new species and redescription of ''M. patoti'' Weber and ''M. senckenbergianus'' Weber. ''aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (2): 66-108.'']
* ''
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 & Pouyaud, 2012 (Arguni rainbowfish)
* ''
Melanotaenia aruensis''
G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 (Aru rainbowfish)
[
* '' 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 bowmani'' G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 (Bowman's rainbowfish) ][Allen, G.R., Unmack, P.J. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2016): The "Goldiei" group of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Neck Region of New Guinea (Papua and West Papua Provinces, Indonesia) with descriptions of five new species and recognition of ''Melanotaenia dumasi'' Weber. ''aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 22 (1): 1-32.'']
* '' 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) (Crimson-spotted rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia dumasi'' M. C. W. Weber, 1907 (Omba rainbowfish) [
* '' Melanotaenia eachamensis'' G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1982 (Lake Eacham rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia ericrobertsi'' G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014 (Suswa rainbowfish) ][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.'']
* '' Melanotaenia etnaensis'' G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 (Etna Bay rainbowfish) [
* '' Melanotaenia exquisita'' G. R. Allen, 1978 (Exquisite rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia fasinensis'' Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis & Pouyaud, 2010 (Fasin rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia flavipinnis'' G. R. Allen, Hadiaty & Unmack, 2014 (Misool yellowfin rainbowfish) ][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.'']
* '' Melanotaenia fluviatilis'' ( Castelnau, 1878) (Murray River rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia fredericki'' ( Fowler, 1939) (Sorong rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia garylangei'' J. A. Graf, Herder & Hadiaty, 2015 (Gary Lange's rainbowfish) [
* '' Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi'' G. R. Allen, 1980 (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 (Japen rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia kamaka'' G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Kamaka rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia klasioensis'' Kadarusman, Hadiaty & Pouyaud, 2015 (Klasio Creek rainbowfish) ][
* '' Melanotaenia lacunosa'' G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 (Mbuta rainbowfish) ][
* '' Melanotaenia lacustris'' ]Munro
A Munro () is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over , and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement. The best known Munro is Ben Nev ...
, 1964 (Lake Kutubu rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia lakamora'' G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Lakamora rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia laticlavia'' G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014 (Aifuf rainbowfish) [
* '' Melanotaenia longispina'' Kadarusman, Avarre & Pouyaud, 2015 (Long-spine rainbowfish) ][
* '' Melanotaenia maccullochi'' J. D. Ogilby, 1915 (McCulloch's rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia mairasi'' G. R. Allen & Hadiaty, 2011 (Lake Furnusu rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia mamahensis'' G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 (Mamah rainbowfish) ][
* '' Melanotaenia manibuii'' Kadarusman, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2015 (Manibui rainbowfish) ][
* '' Melanotaenia maylandi'' G. R. Allen, 1982 (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) ][
* '' Melanotaenia naramasae'' Kadarusman, Nugraha & Pouyaud, 2015 (Naramasa rainbowfish) ][
* '' 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 Kurumoi rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia patoti'' M. C. W. Weber, 1907 (Patoti's rainbowfish) ][
* '' Melanotaenia picta'' G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 (Painted rainbowfish) ][
* '' Melanotaenia pierucciae'' G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Pierucci's rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia pimaensis'' G. R. Allen, 1980 (Pima River rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia praecox'' ( M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) (Neon rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia pygmaea'' G. R. Allen, 1978 (Pygmy rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia rubripinnis'' G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1998 (Red-finned rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia rubrivittata'' G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2015 (Laser-red rainbowfish) ][
* '' Melanotaenia sahulensis'' Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack, 2019 (Sahul rainbowfish)][
* '' Melanotaenia senckenbergianus'' M. C. W. Weber, 1911 (Senckenberg rainbowfish) ][
* '' Melanotaenia sexlineata'' (]Munro
A Munro () is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over , and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement. The best known Munro is Ben Nev ...
, 1964) (Fly River rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia sikuensis'' Kadarusman, Sudarto & Pouyaud, 2015 (Siku Creek rainbowfish) [
* '' Melanotaenia sneideri'' G. R. Allen & Hadiaty, 2013 (Kumawa rainbowfish) ][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.'']
* '' Melanotaenia solata'' W. R. Taylor, 1964 (Northern rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia splendida'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1866)
** '' M. s. inornata'' ( Castelnau, 1875) (Chequered rainbowfish)
** '' M. s. splendida'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1866) (Eastern rainbowfish)
** '' M. s. tatei'' ( Zietz, 1896) (Desert rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia susii'' Kadarusman, Hubert
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& Pouyaud, 2015 (Susi Creek rainbowfish) [
* '' Melanotaenia sylvatica'' G. R. Allen, 1997 (Forest rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia synergos'' G. R. Allen & Unmack, 2008 (Batanta Island rainbowfish) ][
* '' Melanotaenia utcheensis'' McGuigen, 2001 (Utchee Creek rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia vanheurni'' ( M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) (Van Heurn's rainbowfish)
* '' Melanotaenia veoliae'' Kadarusman, D. Caruso & Pouyaud, 2012 (Veolia rainbowfish) ][
* '' Melanotaenia wanoma'' Kadarusman, Ségura & Pouyaud, 2012 (Wanoma rainbowfish) ][
* '' Melanotaenia wisloni'' Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack, 2019 (little rainbowfish)][
* '' Melanotaenia wokamensis'' G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 (Wokam rainbowfish) ][
]
Undescribed species
* ''Melanotaenia'' sp. ( Running River rainbowfish)[Unmack PJ (2016) ''Fishes of Sahul'', 30(3): 1025–1032 (September 2016)]
References
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Melanotaeniinae
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