Taxon profile
Included taxa
Number of records: 88species Melanotaenia affinis (Weber, 1907)
- New Guinea rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia ajamaruensis Allen & Cross, 1980
- Ajamaru rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia albimarginata G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
- White-tip rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia ammeri Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008
- Ammer's rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia angfa Allen, 1990
- Yakati rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia arfakensis Allen, 1990
- Arfak rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia arguni Kadarusman, Hadiaty, Ségura, Setia Wibawa, D. Caruso, Pouyaud, 2012
- Arguni rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia aruensis G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
- Aru rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia batanta Allen & Renyaan, 1998
- Batanta rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia bowmani Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
- Bowman's rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia caerulea Allen, 1996
- Blue rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia catherinae (de Beaufort, 1910)
- Waigeo rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia corona Allen, 1982
- Corona rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia dumasi Weber, 1907
- Omba rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia ericrobertsi G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014
- Suswa rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia etnaensis Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
- Etna Bay rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia exquisita Allen, 1978
- Exquisite rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia fasinensis Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis & Pouyaud, 2010
- Fasin rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia flavipinnis Allen, Hadiaty & Unmack, 2014
- Misool yellowfin rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia fredericki (Fowler, 1939)
- Sorong rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia garylangei Graf, Herder & Hadiaty, 2015
- Gary Lange's rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia gracilis Allen, 1978
- Slender rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia grunwaldi Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
- Grunwald's rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia iris Allen, 1987
- Strickland rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia jakora Graf, Ohee, Herder & Haryono, 2023
species Melanotaenia japenensis Allen & Cross, 1980
- Japen rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia kokasensis Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008
- Kokas rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia kolaensis G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
- Kola rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia lacunosa Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016
- Mbuta rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia lakamora Allen & Renyaan, 1996
- Lakamora rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia laticlavia G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014
- Aifuf rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia longispina Kadarusman, Avarre & Pouyaud, 2015
- Long-spine rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia manibuii Kadarusman, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2015
- Manibui rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia maylandi Allen, 1983
- Mayland's rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia misoolensis Allen, 1982
- Misool rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia monticola Allen, 1980
- Mountain rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia mubiensis Allen, 1996
- Mubi rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia multiradiata G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014
- Moswaren rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia naramasae Kadarusman, Nugraha & Pouyaud, 2015
- Naramasa rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843)
- Blackbanded Rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia oktediensis Allen & Cross, 1980
- Oktedi rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia patoti (M. C. W. Weber, 1907)
- Patoti's rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia pierucciae Allen & Renyaan, 1996
- Pierucci's rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia pimaensis Allen, 1981
- Pima River rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia pygmaea Allen, 1978
- Pygmy rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia rubripinnis Allen & Renyaan, 1998
- Red-finned rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia rumberponensis Kadarusman, Ogistira & Pouyaud, 2015
- Rumberpon rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia sahulensis Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack, 2019
- Sahul Rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia salawati Kadarusman, Sudarto, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2011
- Salawati rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia sembrae Kadarusman, O. Carman & Pouyaud, 2015
- Sembra rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia senckenbergiana (M. C. W. Weber, 1911)
- Senckenberg rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia sexlineata (Munro, 1964)
- Fly River rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia sneideri G. R. Allen & Hadiaty, 2013
- Kumawa rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia solata Taylor, 1964
- Northern rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia susii Kadarusman, Hubert & Pouyaud, 2015
- Susi Creek rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia sylvatica Allen, 1997
- Forest rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia synergos Allen & Unmack, 2008
- Batanta Island rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia urisa Kadarusman, Hadiaty, Ségura, Setia Wibawa, D. Caruso, Pouyaud, 2012
- Urisa rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia vanheurni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
- Van Heurn's rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia veoliae Kadarusman, Hadiaty, Ségura, Setia Wibawa, D. Caruso, Pouyaud, 2012
- Veolia rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia wanoma Kadarusman, Hadiaty, Ségura, Setia Wibawa, D. Caruso, Pouyaud, 2012
- Wanoma rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia wilsoni Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack, 2019
- Little Rainbowfish
species Melanotaenia wokamensis G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
- Wokam rainbowfish
Links and literature
AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [genus/2651]
Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2001-2025): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Melanotaenia Gill, 1862]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1223372]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Melanotaenia Gill, 1862]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019