Melanotaenia trifasciata [Cato River, Northern Territory] - photo© Dave Wilson

Rainbowfish Species

The complete species name is comprised of the generic (genus) name and the specific (species) name. The genus is named first and is capitalised followed by the species, which is not. Both the genus and species are often italicised. It is customary to add the name of the author of the species and the date of publication, e.g., Melanotaenia angfa Allen, 1990. Brackets around the author's name, e.g., Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843) indicates that, although the original description is accepted, the generic name is no longer valid and has been changed since the species was first described.

  • Melanotaeniidae

    • Cairnsichthys
      • bitaeniatus Allen, Hammer & Raadik, 2018
      • rhombosomoides (Nichols & Raven, 1928)
    • Chilatherina
      • alleni Price, 1997
      • axelrodi Allen, 1980
      • bleheri Allen, 1985
      • bulolo (Whitley, 1938)
      • campsi (Whitley, 1956)
      • crassispinosa (Weber, 1913)
      • fasciata (Weber, 1913)
      • lorentzii (Weber, 1908)
      • pagwiensis Allen & Unmack, 2012
      • pricei Allen & Renyaan, 1996
      • sentaniensis (Weber, 1908)
    • Glossolepis
      • dorityi Allen, 2001
      • incisus Weber, 1908
      • kabia (Herre, 1935)
      • leggetti Allen & Renyaan, 1998
      • maculosus Allen, 1981
      • multisquamata (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
      • pseudoincisus Allen & Cross, 1980
      • ramuensis Allen, 1985
      • wanamensis Allen & Kailola, 1979
    • Iriatherina
      • werneri Meinken, 1974
    • Melanotaenia
      • affinis (Weber, 1908)
      • ajamaruensis Allen & Cross, 1980
      • albimarginata Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
      • ammeri Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008
      • angfa Allen, 1990
      • arfakensis Allen, 1990
      • arguni Kadarusman, Hadiaty & Pouyaud, 2012
      • aruensis Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
      • australis (Castelnau, 1875)
      • batanta Allen & Renyaan, 1998
      • boesemani Allen & Cross, 1980
      • bowmani Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
      • catherinae (de Beaufort, 1910)
      • caerulea Allen, 1996
      • corona Allen, 1982
      • duboulayi (Castelnau, 1878)
      • dumasi Weber, 1907
      • eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982
      • ericrobertsi Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014
      • etnaensis Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
      • exquisita Allen, 1978
      • fasinensis Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis & Pouyaud, 2010
      • flavipinnis Allen, Hadiaty & Unmack, 2014
      • fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)
      • fredericki (Fowler, 1939)
      • garylangei Graf, Herder & Hadiaty, 2015
      • goldiei (Macleay, 1883)
      • gracilis Allen, 1978
      • grunwaldi Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
      • herbertaxelrodi Allen, 1980
      • irianjaya Allen, 1985
      • iris Allen, 1987
      • japenensis Allen & Cross, 1980
      • kamaka Allen & Renyaan, 1996
      • klasioensis Kadarusman, Hadiaty & Pouyaud, 2015
      • kokasensis Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008
      • kolaensis Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
      • lacunosa Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
      • lacustris Munro, 1964
      • lakamora Allen & Renyaan, 1996
      • laticlavia Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014
      • longispina Kadarusman, Avarre & Pouyaud, 2015
      • maccullochi Ogilby, 1915
      • mairasi Allen & Hadiaty, 2011
      • mamahensis Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
      • manibuii Kadarusman, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2015
      • maylandi Allen, 1982
      • misoolensis Allen, 1982
      • monticola Allen, 1980
      • mubiensis Allen, 1996
      • multiradiata Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014
      • naramasae Kadarusman, Nugraha & Pouyaud, 2015
      • nigrans (Richardson, 1843)
      • ogilbyi Weber, 1910
      • oktediensis Allen & Cross, 1980
      • papuae Allen, 1981
      • parkinsoni Allen, 1980
      • parva Allen, 1990
      • patoti Weber 1907
      • picta Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
      • pierucciae Allen & Renyaan, 1996
      • pimaensis Allen, 1980
      • praecox (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
      • pygmaea Allen, 1978
      • rubripinnis Allen & Renyaan, 1998
      • rubrostriata (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
      • rubrivittata Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2015
      • rumberponensis Kadarusman, Ogistira & Pouyaud, 2015
      • sahulensis Hammer et al., 2019
      • salawati Kadarusman, Sudarto, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2011
      • sembrae Kadarusman, Carman & Pouyaud, 2015
      • senckenbergianus Weber, 1911
      • sexlineata (Munro, 1964)
      • sikuensis Kadarusman, Sudarto & Pouyaud, 2015
      • sneideri Allen & Hadiaty, 2013
      • splendida inornata (Castelnau, 1875)
      • splendida splendida (Peters, 1866)
      • splendida tatei (Zietz, 1896)
      • susii Kadarusman, Hubert & Pouyaud, 2015
      • sylvatica Allen, 1997
      • synergos Allen & Unmack, 2008
      • trifasciata (Rendahl, 1922)
      • urisa Kadarusman, Setiawibawa & Pouyaud, 2012
      • utcheensis McGuigan, 2001
      • vanheurni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
      • veoliae Kadarusman, Caruso & Pouyaud, 2012
      • wanoma Kadarusman, Segura & Pouyaud, 2012
      • wokamensis Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
    • Pelangia
      • mbutaensis Allen, 1998
    • Rhadinocentrus
      • ornatus Regan, 1914
  • Pseudomugilidae

    • Kiunga
      • ballochi Allen, 1983
      • bleheri Allen, 2004
    • Pseudomugil
      • connieae (Allen, 1981)
      • cyanodorsalis Allen & Sarti, 1983
      • furcatus Nichols, 1955
      • gertrudae Weber, 1911
      • inconspicuus Roberts, 1978
      • ivantsoffi Allen & Renyaan, 1999
      • luminatus Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
      • majusculus Ivantsoff & Allen, 1984
      • mellis Allen & Ivantsoff, 1982
      • novaeguineae Weber, 1908
      • paludicola Allen & Moore, 1981
      • paskai Allen & Ivantsoff, 1986
      • pellucidus Allen, Ivantsoff & Renyaan, 1998
      • reticulatus Allen & Ivantsoff, 1986
      • signifer Kner, 1866
      • tenellus Taylor, 1964
    • Scaturiginichthys
      • vermeilipinnis Ivantsoff, Unmack, Saeed & Crowley, 1991

Adrian R. Tappin
Updated April, 2018



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Rainbowfishes


Introduction


Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus

Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides


Chilatherina alleni

Chilatherina axelrodi

Chilatherina bleheri

Chilatherina bulolo

Chilatherina campsi

Chilatherina crassispinosa

Chilatherina fasciata

Chilatherina lorentzii

Chilatherina pagwiensis

Chilatherina pricei

Chilatherina sentaniensis


Glossolepis dorityi

Glossolepis incisus

Glossolepis kabia

Glossolepis leggetti

Glossolepis maculosus

Glossolepis multisquamata

Glossolepis pseudoincisus

Glossolepis ramuensis

Glossolepis wanamensis


Iriatherina werneri


Melanotaenia affinis

Melanotaenia ajamaruensis

Melanotaenia albimarginata

Melanotaenia ammeri

Melanotaenia angfa

Melanotaenia arfakensis

Melanotaenia arguni

Melanotaenia aruensis

Melanotaenia australis

Melanotaenia batanta

Melanotaenia boesemani

Melanotaenia bowmani

Melanotaenia caerulea

Melanotaenia catherinae

Melanotaenia corona

Melanotaenia duboulayi

Melanotaenia dumasi

Melanotaenia eachamensis

Melanotaenia ericrobertsi

Melanotaenia etnaensis

Melanotaenia exquisita

Melanotaenia fasinensis

Melanotaenia flavipinnis

Melanotaenia fluviatilis

Melanotaenia fredericki

Melanotaenia garylangei

Melanotaenia goldiei

Melanotaenia gracilis

Melanotaenia grunwaldi

M. herbertaxelrodi

Melanotaenia irianjaya

Melanotaenia iris

Melanotaenia japenensis

Melanotaenia kamaka

Melanotaenia klasioensis

Melanotaenia kokasensis

Melanotaenia kolaensis

Melanotaenia lacunosa

Melanotaenia lacustris

Melanotaenia lakamora

Melanotaenia laticlavia

Melanotaenia longispina

Melanotaenia maccullochi

Melanotaenia mairasi

Melanotaenia mamahensis

Melanotaenia manibuii

Melanotaenia maylandi

Melanotaenia misoolensis

Melanotaenia monticola

Melanotaenia mubiensis

Melanotaenia multiradiata

Melanotaenia naramasae

Melanotaenia nigrans

Melanotaenia ogilbyi

Melanotaenia oktediensis

Melanotaenia papuae

Melanotaenia parkinsoni

Melanotaenia parva

Melanotaenia patoti

Melanotaenia picta

Melanotaenia pierucciae

Melanotaenia pimaensis

Melanotaenia praecox

Melanotaenia pygmaea

Melanotaenia rubripinnis

Melanotaenia rubrostriata

Melanotaenia rubrivittata

Melanotaenia rumberponensis

Melanotaenia sahulensis

Melanotaenia salawati

Melanotaenia sembrae

Melanotaenia senckenbergianus

Melanotaenia sexlineata

Melanotaenia sikuensis

Melanotaenia sneideri

Melanotaenia solata

M. splendida inornata

M. splendida splendida

M. splendida tatei

Melanotaenia susii

Melanotaenia sylvatica

Melanotaenia synergos

Melanotaenia trifasciata

Melanotaenia urisa

Melanotaenia utcheensis

Melanotaenia vanheurni

Melanotaenia veoliae

Melanotaenia wanoma

Melanotaenia wilsoni

Melanotaenia wokamensis



Pelangia mbutaensis


Rhadinocentrus ornatus


Kiunga ballochi

Kiunga bleheri


Pseudomugil connieae

Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis

Pseudomugil furcatus

Pseudomugil gertrudae

Pseudomugil inconspicuus

Pseudomugil ivantsoffi

Pseudomugil luminatus

Pseudomugil majusculus

Pseudomugil mellis

Pseudomugil novaeguineae

Pseudomugil paludicola

Pseudomugil paskai

Pseudomugil pellucidus

Pseudomugil reticulatus

Pseudomugil signifer

Pseudomugil tenellus


Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis