Family Melanotaeniidae - Rainbowfishes, blue eyes
  Order
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Melanotaeniidae
  Class
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Teleostei
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 7 | Species : 114 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : No
  Division
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Secondary freshwater
  Aquarium
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many
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: northern and eastern Australia and New Guinea and some nearby islands. Body compressed; dorsal fins narrowly separated, the first with 3-7 spines and the second with 6-22 rays (the first being a stout spine in some species); anal fin with 10-30 rays, the first a stout spine in some species; lateral line absent or weakly developed; scales relatively large, 28-60 in lateral line series; innermost pelvic ray attached to abdomen by membrane along its entire length. Vertebrae 27-38. Males usually more colorful than females. Maximum length about 12 cm.
  Etymology
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Greek, melan, -anos = black + latin, taenia = stripe
  Reproductive guild
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nonguarders
  Typical activity level
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Ovalentaria | | Cichlomorphae | Atheriniformes | Atherinoidei | | Melanotaeniidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Melanotaeniidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843)
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Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843
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! Melanotaenia nigra (Richardson, 1843)
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Melanotaenia splendida (Peters, 1866)
acceptedseniornew
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Aida inornata Castelnau, 1875
synonymjuniororiginal
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Aristeus cavifrons Macleay, 1882
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
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Aidaprora carteri Whitley, 1935
synonymjuniororiginal
Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau, 1875)
acceptedseniornew
Neoatherina australis Castelnau, 1875
synonymseniororiginal
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Melanotaenia duboulayi (Castelnau, 1878)
acceptedseniornew
Atherinichthys duboulayi Castelnau, 1878
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Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)
acceptedseniornew
Aristeus fluviatilis Castelnau, 1878
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Melanotaenia goldiei (Macleay, 1883)
acceptedseniornew
Aristeus goldiei Macleay, 1883
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Melanotaenia rubrostriata (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
acceptedseniornew
Nematocentris rubrostriatus Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886
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Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
synonymseniornew
! Melanotaenia rubrostriatus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
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Melanotaenia affinis (Weber, 1907)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Melanotaenia patoti (Weber, 1907)
acceptedseniornew
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Melanotaenia catherinae (de Beaufort, 1910)
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Rhombatractus catherinae de Beaufort, 1910
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synonymseniororiginal
! Nematocentrus maccullochi (Ogilby, 1915)
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Melanotaenia praecox (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
acceptedseniornew
Rhombatractus praecox Weber & de Beaufort, 1922
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Melanotaenia trifasciata (Rendahl, 1922)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Melanotaenia vanheurni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
acceptedseniornew
Rhombatractus vanheurni Weber & de Beaufort, 1922
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acceptedseniornew
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Melanotaenia solata Taylor, 1964
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Melanotaenia ajamaruensis Allen & Cross, 1980
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Melanotaenia boesemani Allen & Cross, 1980
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Melanotaenia japenensis Allen & Cross, 1980
acceptedseniororiginal
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Melanotaenia oktediensis Allen & Cross, 1980
acceptedseniororiginal
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acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
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Melanotaenia eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982
acceptedseniororiginal
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Melanotaenia iris Allen, 1987
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Melanotaenia angfa Allen, 1990
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Melanotaenia parva Allen, 1990
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Melanotaenia kamaka Allen & Renyaan, 1996
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Melanotaenia lakamora Allen & Renyaan, 1996
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Melanotaenia pierucciae Allen & Renyaan, 1996
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Melanotaenia batanta Allen & Renyaan, 1998
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Melanotaenia rubripinnis Allen & Renyaan, 1998
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Melanotaenia ammeri Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008
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Melanotaenia kokasensis Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008
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Melanotaenia synergos Allen & Unmack, 2008
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Melanotaenia fasinensis Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis & Pouyaud, 2010
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Melanotaenia mairasi Allen & Hadiaty, 2011
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Melanotaenia salawati Kadarusman, Sudarto, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2011
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Melanotaenia arguni Kadarusman, Hadiaty & Pouyaud, 2012
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Melanotaenia urisa Kadarusman, Setiawibawa & Pouyaud, 2012
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Melanotaenia veoliae Kadarusman, Caruso & Pouyaud, 2012
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Melanotaenia wanoma Kadarusman, Segura & Pouyaud, 2012
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Melanotaenia sneideri Allen & Hadiaty, 2013
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Melanotaenia ericrobertsi Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014
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Melanotaenia flavipinnis Allen, Hadiaty & Unmack, 2014
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Melanotaenia laticlavia Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014
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Melanotaenia multiradiata Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014
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Melanotaenia albimarginata Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
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Melanotaenia aruensis Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
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Melanotaenia garylangei Graf, Herder & Hadiaty, 2015
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Melanotaenia klasioensis Kadarusman, Hadiaty & Pouyaud, 2015
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Melanotaenia kolaensis Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
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Melanotaenia longispina Kadarusman, Avarre & Pouyaud, 2015
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Melanotaenia manibuii Kadarusman, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2015
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Melanotaenia naramasae Kadarusman, Nugraha & Pouyaud, 2015
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Melanotaenia picta Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
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Melanotaenia rubrivittata Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2015
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Melanotaenia rumberponensis Kadarusman, Ogistira & Pouyaud, 2015
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Melanotaenia sembrae Kadarusman, Carman & Pouyaud, 2015
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Melanotaenia sikuensis Kadarusman, Sudarto & Pouyaud, 2015
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Melanotaenia susii Kadarusman, Hubert & Pouyaud, 2015
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Melanotaenia wokamensis Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
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Melanotaenia bowmani Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
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Melanotaenia etnaensis Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
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Melanotaenia grunwaldi Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
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Melanotaenia lacunosa Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
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Melanotaenia mamahensis Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
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Melanotaenia sahulensis Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack, 2019
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Melanotaenia maccullochi (non Ogilby, 1915)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Melanotaenia wilsoni Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack, 2019
acceptedseniororiginal
Melanotaenia jakora Graf, Ohee, Herder & Haryono, 2023
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Glossolepis incisa Weber, 1907
acceptedseniororiginal
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Glossolepis multisquamata (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
acceptedseniornew
Melanotaenia multisquamata Weber & de Beaufort, 1922
synonymseniororiginal
! Glossolepis multisquamatus (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
synonymseniornew
Glossolepis kabia (Herre, 1935)
acceptedseniornew
Melanotaenia kabia Herre, 1935
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Glossolepis wanamensis Allen & Kailola, 1979
acceptedseniororiginal
Glossolepis pseudoincisa Allen & Cross, 1980
acceptedseniororiginal
! Glossolepis pseudoincisus Allen & Cross, 1980
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acceptedseniororiginal
! Glossolepis maculosus Allen, 1981
synonymseniororiginal
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Glossolepis leggetti Allen & Renyaan, 1998
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Chilatherina fasciata (Weber, 1913)
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! Chilatherina lorentzi (Weber, 1907)
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! Chilaterina sentaniensi (Weber, 1907)
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Chilatherina bulolo (Whitley, 1938)
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Centratherina bulolo Whitley, 1938
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Chilatherina campsi (Whitley, 1957)
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Anisocentrus campsi Whitley, 1957
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Chilatherina pricei Allen & Renyaan, 1996
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Chilatherina pagwiensis Allen & Unmack, 2012
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! Rhadiocentrus ornatus Regan, 1914
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Iriatherina werneri Meinken, 1974
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Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides (Nichols & Raven, 1928)
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Rhadinocentrus rhombosomoides Nichols & Raven, 1928
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Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus Allen, Hammer & Raadik, 2018
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