Melanotaenia
Encyclopedia
Melanotaenia is a genus of fish
in the Melanotaeniidae family
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Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Melanotaeniidae family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
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Species
- New Guinea rainbowfish, Melanotaenia affinisMelanotaenia affinisThe Melanotaenia affinis or New guinea rainbow fish comes from north Papua New Guinea. There are 3 known varieties. The so called standard variety has the widest range...
(Weber, 1907) - Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfishAjamaru Lakes rainbowfishThe Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.-References:* Allen, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 2 February 2011....
, Melanotaenia ajamaruensis Allen & Cross, 1980 - Yakati rainbowfishYakati rainbowfishThe Yakati rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.-References:* Allen, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia angfa Allen, 1990 - Arfak rainbowfishArfak rainbowfishThe Arfak rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
, Melanotaenia arfakensis Allen, 1990 - Western rainbowfish, Melanotaenia australis (CastelnauFrançois Louis de la Porte, comte de CastelnauFrançois Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...
, 1875) - Batanta rainbowfish, Melanotaenia batanta Allen & Renyaan, 1998
- Boeseman's rainbowfishBoeseman's rainbowfishBoeseman's rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is also known as Boesemani rainbowfish. It is endemic to Ayamaru River in a mountainous region of the Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua....
, Melanotaenia boesemani Allen & Cross, 1980 - Blue rainbowfishBlue rainbowfishMelanotaenia caerulea is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to Papua New-Guinea. It is found mostly in the lower and middle Kikori drainage system...
, Melanotaenia caerulea Allen, 1996 - Waigeo rainbowfishWaigeo rainbowfishThe Waigeo rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.-References:...
, Melanotaenia catherinae (de Beaufort, 1910) - Corona rainbowfishCorona rainbowfishThe corona rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.-References:* Allen, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia corona - Duboulay's rainbowfish, Melanotaenia duboulayiMelanotaenia duboulayiThe Crimsonspotted Rainbowfish , known less commonly as the Duboulay's rainbowfish, is a species of freshwater rainbowfish endemic to eastern Australia. M...
(CastelnauFrançois Louis de la Porte, comte de CastelnauFrançois Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...
, 1878) - Lake Eacham rainbowfishLake Eacham rainbowfishThe Lake Eacham rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to Yidyam , Queensland, Australia.-Sources:...
, Melanotaenia eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982 - Exquisite rainbowfishExquisite rainbowfishThe exquisite rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia exquisita Allen, 1978 - Melanotaenia fasinensis Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis & Pouyaud, 2010.
- Australian rainbowfishAustralian rainbowfishThe Australian rainbowfish , known less commonly as the Murray river rainbowfish or the Crimson-spotted rainbowfish, is a species of freshwater rainbowfish endemic to Australia. They are very colourful, hence their name; males of this species are more colourful than females...
, Melanotaenia fluviatilis (CastelnauFrançois Louis de la Porte, comte de CastelnauFrançois Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...
, 1878) - Sorong rainbowfish, Melanotaenia fredericki (Fowler, 1939)
- Goldie River rainbowfish, Melanotaenia goldiei (Macleay, 1883)
- Slender rainbowfishSlender rainbowfishThe slender rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* Wager, R. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia gracilis Allen, 1978 - Lake Tebera rainbowfishLake Tebera rainbowfishThe Lake Tebera rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.-References:* Allen, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi Allen, 1981 - Irian Jaya rainbowfish, Melanotaenia irianjaya Allen, 1985
- Strickland rainbowfishStrickland rainbowfishThe Strickland rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.-References:* Allen, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia iris Allen, 1987 - Yapen rainbowfish, Melanotaenia japenensis Allen & Cross, 1980
- Kamaka rainbowfish, Melanotaenia kamaka Allen & Renyaan, 1996
- Lake Kutubu rainbowfishLake Kutubu rainbowfishThe Lake Kutubu rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is also known as turquoise rainbowfish. It is endemic to Lake Kutubu in the Kikori River system, Papua New Guinea....
, Melanotaenia lacustris Munro, 1964 - Lakamora rainbowfish, Melanotaenia lakamora Allen & Renyaan, 1996
- Macculloch's rainbowfish, Melanotaenia maccullochi OgilbyWilliam OgilbyWilliam Ogilby was an Irish barrister and naturalist.Ogilby was honorary secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 1839 to 1846....
, 1915 - Mayland's rainbowfishMayland's rainbowfishMayland's rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.-References:* Allen, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia maylandi Allen, 1983 - Misool rainbowfishMisool rainbowfishThe Misool rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to Misool in West Papua, Indonesia.-References:* Allen, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia misoolensis Allen, 1982 - Mountain rainbowfishMountain rainbowfishThe mountain rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia monticola Allen, 1980 - Mubi rainbowfish, Melanotaenia mubiensis Allen, 1996
- Black-banded rainbowfish, Melanotaenia nigrans (RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1843) - Ogilby's rainbowfishOgilby's rainbowfishOgilby's rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia ogilbyi Weber, 1910 - Oktedi rainbowfishOktedi rainbowfishThe Oktedi rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is rivers.-Source:* Allen, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia oktediensis Allen & Cross, 1980 - Papuan rainbowfishPapuan rainbowfishThe Papuan rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.-References:* Allen, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia papuae Allen, 1981 - Parkinson's rainbowfish, Melanotaenia parkinsoni Allen, 1980
- Lake Kuromai rainbowfish, Melanotaenia parva Allen, 1990
- Pierucci's rainbowfish, Melanotaenia pierucciae Allen & Renyaan, 1996
- Pima River rainbowfishPima River rainbowfishThe Pima River rainbowfish, Melanotaenia pimanensis, is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia pimaensis Allen, 1981 - Dwarf rainbowfishDwarf rainbowfishThe dwarf rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.-References:* Allen, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia praecox (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) - Pygmy rainbowfishPygmy rainbowfishThe pygmy rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* Wager, R. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia pygmaea Allen, 1978 - Red-finned rainbowfish, Melanotaenia rubripinnis Allen & Renyaan, 1998
- Fly River rainbowfishFly River rainbowfishThe Fly River rainbowfish is a species of freshwater fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to the Upper Fly River in Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Allen, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia sexlineata (Munro, 1964) - Checkered rainbowfish, Melanotaenia splendida inornata (CastelnauFrançois Louis de la Porte, comte de CastelnauFrançois Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...
, 1875) - Red-striped rainbowfish, Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata (Ramsay & OgilbyWilliam OgilbyWilliam Ogilby was an Irish barrister and naturalist.Ogilby was honorary secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 1839 to 1846....
, 1886) - Eastern rainbowfishEastern RainbowfishEastern rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family endemic to Australia.The Eastern rainbowfish can be found in river systems east of the Great Dividing Range of Queensland Australia from the Boyne River south of Gladstone to Cape York Peninsula. It is kept as a tropical...
, Melanotaenia splendida splendida (PetersWilhelm PetersWilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...
, 1866) - Desert rainbowfish, Melanotaenia splendida tatei (Zietz, 1896)
- Melanotaenia sylvatica Allen, 1997
- Melanotaenia synergos Allen & Unmack, 2008.
- Banded rainbowfish, Melanotaenia trifasciata (Rendahl, 1922)
- Melanotaenia utcheensis McGuigan, 2001
- Van Heurn's rainbowfishVan Heurn's rainbowfishvan Heurn's rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
, Melanotaenia vanheurni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)