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| Melanotaenia trifasciata [Cato River, Northern Territory] - photo© Günther Schmida |
Two closely related fish families are unique to Australia and New Guinea - Melanotaeniidae and Pseudomugilidae, commonly known as Rainbowfishes and Blue-eyes respectively. Ten genera are currently recognised: Cairnsichthys, Chilatherina, Glossolepis, Iriatherina, Kiunga, Melanotaenia, Pelangia, Pseudomugil, Rhadinocentrus, and Scaturiginichthys. Melanotaenia is by far the largest genus. The blue-eye family (Pseudomugilidae) has been well studied in recent years but controversy still exists as to whether they should be regarded as a separate family or in a subfamily of Melanotaeniidae.
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, eg Melanotaenia angfa Allen, 1990. Brackets around the author's name, eg 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nigrans (Richardson, 1843) indicates that, although the original description is accepted, the generic name is no longer valid and has been changed since the species was first described.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
- 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)
- lorentzi (Weber, 1908)
- pricei Allen & Renyaan, 1996
- sentaniensis (Weber, 1908)
- Glossolepis
- dorityi Allen, 2001
- incisus Weber, 1908
- leggetti Allen & Renyaan, 1998
- maculosus Allen, 1981
- multisquamatus (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
- pseudoincisus Allen & Cross, 1980
- ramuensis Allen, 1985
- wanamensis Allen & Kailola, 1979
- Melanotaenia
- affinis (Weber, 1908)
- ajamaruensis Allen & Cross, 1980
- angfa Allen, 1990
- arfakensis Allen, 1990
- batanta Allen & Renyaan, 1998
- boesemani Allen & Cross, 1980
- catherinae (de Beaufort, 1910)
- caerulea Allen, 1996
- corona Allen, 1982
- duboulayi (Castelnau, 1878)
- eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982
- exquisita Allen, 1978
- fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)
- fredericki (Fowler, 1939)
- goldiei (Macleay, 1883)
- gracilis Allen, 1978
- herbertaxelrodi Allen, 1980
- irianjaya Allen, 1985
- iris Allen, 1987
- japenensis Allen & Cross, 1980
- kamaka Allen & Renyaan, 1996
- lacustris Munro, 1964
- lakamora Allen & Renyaan, 1996
- maccullochi Ogilby, 1915
- maylandi Allen, 1982
- misoolensis Allen, 1982
- monticola Allen, 1980
- mubiensis Allen, 1996
- nigrans (Richardson, 1843)
- ogilbyi Weber, 1910
- oktediensis Allen & Cross, 1980
- papuae Allen, 1981
- parkinsoni Allen, 1980
- parva Allen, 1990
- pierucciae Allen & Renyaan, 1996
- pimaensis Allen, 1980
- praecox (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
- pygmaea Allen, 1978
- rubripinnis Allen & Renyaan, 1998
- sexlineata (Munro, 1964)
- splendida australis (Castelnau, 1875)
- splendida inornata (Castelnau, 1875)
- splendida rubrostriata (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
- splendida splendida (Peters, 1866)
- splendida tatei (Zietz, 1896)
- sylvatica Allen, 1997
- synergos Allen & Unmack, 2008
- trifasciata (Rendahl, 1922)
- utcheensis McGuigan, 2001
- vanheurni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
- 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
- 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
© Copyright Adrian R. Tappin
Updated January, 2007.
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