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nigrans (Richardson, 1843) indicates that, although the original description is accepted, the generic name is no longer valid and has been changed since the species was first described.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