Biology:Melanotaenia

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Melanotaenia
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Melanotaenia boesemani
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Subfamily: Melanotaeniinae
Genus: Melanotaenia
T. N. Gill, 1862
Type species
Atherina nigrans
J. Richardson, 1843
Synonyms

Aida Castelnau, 1875
Aidaprora Whitley, 1935
Amneris Whitley, 1935
Anisocentrus Regan, 1914
Aristeus Castelnau, 1878
Charisella Fowler, 1939
Nematocentris Peters, 1866
Neoatherina Castelnau, 1875
Rhombatractus Gill, 1894
Rhombosoma Regan, 1914
Strabo Kner & Steindachner, 1867
Zantecla Castelnau, 1873

Melanotaenia is a genus of rainbowfish from Australia , Indonesia (West Papua), New Guinea, and nearby smaller islands.

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) [1]
  • 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) [2]
  • Melanotaenia aruensis G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 (Aru rainbowfish) [1]
  • 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) [3]
  • 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) [3]
  • Melanotaenia eachamensis G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1982 (Lake Eacham rainbowfish)
  • Melanotaenia ericrobertsi G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014 (Suswa rainbowfish) [4]
  • Melanotaenia etnaensis G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 (Etna Bay rainbowfish) [3]
  • Melanotaenia exquisita G. R. Allen, 1978 (Exquisite rainbowfish)
  • Melanotaenia fasinensis Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis & Pouyaud, 2010 (Fasin rainbowfish) [5]
  • Melanotaenia flavipinnis G. R. Allen, Hadiaty & Unmack, 2014 (Misool yellowfin rainbowfish) [6]
  • 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) [7]
  • Melanotaenia goldiei (W. J. Macleay, 1883) (Goldie River rainbowfish)
  • Melanotaenia gracilis G. R. Allen, 1978 (Slender rainbowfish)
  • Melanotaenia grunwaldi G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 (Grunwald's rainbowfish) [3]
  • 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) [8]
  • Melanotaenia kokasensis G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008 (Kokas rainbowfish)
  • Melanotaenia kolaensis G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 (Kola rainbowfish) [1]
  • Melanotaenia lacunosa G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 (Mbuta rainbowfish) [3]
  • Melanotaenia lacustris Munro, 1964 (Lake Kutubu rainbowfish)
  • Melanotaenia lakamora G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Lakamora rainbowfish)
  • Melanotaenia laticlavia G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014 (Aifuf rainbowfish) [4]
  • Melanotaenia longispina Kadarusman, Avarre & Pouyaud, 2015 (Long-spine rainbowfish) [8]
  • 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) [3]
  • Melanotaenia manibuii Kadarusman, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2015 (Manibui rainbowfish) [8]
  • 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) [4]
  • Melanotaenia naramasae Kadarusman, Nugraha & Pouyaud, 2015 (Naramasa rainbowfish) [8]
  • 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) [1]
  • Melanotaenia picta G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 (Painted rainbowfish) [1]
  • 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) [9]
  • Melanotaenia rubrostriata (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) (Red-striped rainbowfish)
  • Melanotaenia rumberponensis Kadarusman, Ogistira & Pouyaud, 2015 (Rumberpon rainbowfish) [8]
  • Melanotaenia sahulensis Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack, 2019 (Sahul rainbowfish)[10]
  • Melanotaenia salawati Kadarusman, Sudarto, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2011 (Salawati rainbowfish)
  • Melanotaenia sembrae Kadarusman, O. Carman & Pouyaud, 2015 (Sembra rainbowfish) [8]
  • Melanotaenia senckenbergianus M. C. W. Weber, 1911 (Senckenberg rainbowfish) [1]
  • Melanotaenia sexlineata (Munro, 1964) (Fly River rainbowfish)
  • Melanotaenia sikuensis Kadarusman, Sudarto & Pouyaud, 2015 (Siku Creek rainbowfish) [8]
  • Melanotaenia sneideri G. R. Allen & Hadiaty, 2013 (Kumawa rainbowfish) [11]
  • 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 & Pouyaud, 2015 (Susi Creek rainbowfish) [8]
  • Melanotaenia sylvatica G. R. Allen, 1997 (Forest rainbowfish)
  • Melanotaenia synergos G. R. Allen & Unmack, 2008 (Batanta Island rainbowfish) [12]
  • Melanotaenia trifasciata (Rendahl, 1922) (Regal rainbowfish)
  • Melanotaenia urisa Kadarusman, Setia Wibawa & Pouyaud, 2012 (Urisa rainbowfish) [2]
  • 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) [2]
  • Melanotaenia wanoma Kadarusman, Ségura & Pouyaud, 2012 (Wanoma rainbowfish) [2]
  • Melanotaenia wisloni Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack, 2019 (little rainbowfish)[10]
  • Melanotaenia wokamensis G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 (Wokam rainbowfish) [1]

Undescribed species

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kadarusman, Hadiaty, R.K., Segura, G., Setia Wibawa, G., Caruso, D. & Pouyaud, L. (2012). "Four new species of Rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from Arguni Bay, West Papua, Indonesia". Cybium 36 (2): 369–382. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 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.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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.
  5. ↑ Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis, E. & Pouyaud, L. (2010). "Description of Melanotaenia fasinensis, a new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae) from West Papua, Indonesia with comments on the rediscovery of M. ajamaruensis and the endangered status of M. parva". Cybium 34 (2): 207–215. http://sfi.mnhn.fr/cybium/numeros/2010/342/14-Kadarusman%20655.pdf. 
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Graf, J.A., Herder, F. & Hadiaty R.K. (2015). "A New Species of Rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae), Melanotaenia garylangei, from Western New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia)". Fishes of Sahul 29 (2): 870–881. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Nugraha, M.F.I., Kadarusman, Hubert, N., Avarre, J.C., Hadiaty, R.K., Slembrouck, J., Carman, O., Sudarto, Ogistira, R. & Pouyaud, L. (2015). "Eight new species of Rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Head Region, West Papua, Indonesia". Cybium 39 (2): 99–130. 
  9. ↑ Allen, G.R., Unmack P.J. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2015). "Melanotaenia rubrivittata, a new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae) from Northwestern Papua Province, Indonesia". Fishes of Sahul 29 (1): 846–858. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hammer, Michael P; Allen, Gerald R; Martin, Keith C; Adams, Mark; Unmack, Peter J (2019). "Two new species of dwarf rainbowfishes (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae) from northern Australia and southern New Guinea". Zootaxa 4701 (3): 201–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4701.3.1. PMID 32229939. https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4701.3.1. 
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Allen, G.R.; Unmack, P.J. (2008). "A new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae: Melanotaenia), from Batanta Island, western New Guinea". Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 13 (3–4): 109–120. 
  13. ↑ Unmack PJ (2016) Fishes of Sahul, 30(3): 1025–1032 (September 2016)

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