Melanotaenia Gill, 1862
Nematocentris Peters, 1866; (synonym)
Neoatherina Castelnau, 1875; (synonym)
Rhombosoma Regan, 1914; (synonym)
Rhombatractus Gill, 1894; (preoccupied)
Zantecla Castelnau, 1873; (synonym)
Aidapora Whitley, 1935; (synonym)
Strabo Kner & Steindachner, 1867; (synonym)
Nematocenris Peters, 1866; (synonym)
Aristeus Castelnau, 1878; (preoccupied)
Charisella Fowler, 1939; (synonym)
Anisocentrus Regan, 1914; (synonym)
Amneris Whitley, 1935; (synonym)
Aidaprora Whitley, 1935; (synonym)
Aida Castelnau, 1875; (synonym)
Melanotaenia affinis Allen, 1980
Rhombatractus affinis Weber, 1907; (valid as)
Rhombosoma sepikensis Herre, 1935; (vs)
Melanotaenia affinis Allen, 1991
Melanotaenia ajamaruensis Allen & Cross, 1980
Melanotaenia angfa Allen, 1990
Melanotaenia arfakensis Allen, 1990
Melanotaenia batanta Allen & Renyaan, 1998
Melanotaenia boesemani Allen & Cross, 1980
Melanotaenia caerulea Allen, 1996
Melanotaenia catherinae Allen, 1980
Rhombatractus catherinae de Beaufort, 1910; (valid as)
Melanotaenia catherinae Allen, 1991
Melanotaenia corona Allen, 1980
Melanotaenia corona Allen, 1982
Melanotaenia duboulayi Crowley et al., 1986
Atherinichthys duboulayi Castelnau, 1878; (valid as)
Aristeus lineatus Macleay, 1881; (synonym)
Aristeus perporosus De Vis, 1884; (synonym)
Melanotaenia eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982
Melanotaenia exquisita Allen, 1978
Melanotaenia fluviatilis Crowley et al., 1986
Aristeus fluviatilis Castelnau, 1878; (valid as)
Melanotaenia neglecta Rendahl, 1922; (synonym)
Melanotaenia fredericki Allen, 1990
Charisella fredericki Fowler, 1939; (valid as)
Melanotaenia goldiei Macleay, 1883
Rhombatractus archboldi Nichols & Raven; (vs)
Aristeus goldiei Macleay, 1883; (valid as)
Nematocentris novaeguineae Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886; (vs)
Melanotaenia dumasi Weber, 1907; (vs)
Melanotaenia dumasi Weber, 1908; (vs)
Rhombatractus weberi Regan, 1908; (vs)
Rhombatractus senckenbergianus Weber, 1911; (vs)
Rhombosoma novaeguineae Regan, 1914; (valid as)
Rhombatractus archboldi Nichols & Raven, 1934; (vs)
Melanotaenia goldiei Allen, 1991
Melanotaenia gracilis Allen, 1978
Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi Allen, 1981
Melanotaenia irianjaya Allen, 1985
Melanotaenia iris Allen, 1987
Melanotaenia japenensis Allen & Cross, 1980
Melanotaenia kamaka Allen & Renyaan, 1996
Melanotaenia lacustris Munro, 1964
Melanotaenia lakamora Allen & Renyaan, 1996
Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby, 1915
Melanotaenia maylandi Allen, 1983
Melanotaenia misoolensis Allen, 1982
Melanotaenia monticola Allen, 1980
Melanotaenia mubiensis Allen, 1996
Melanotaenia nigrans Gill, 1862
Atherina nigrans Richardson, 1843; (valid as)
Nematocentris nigricans Steindachner, 1867; (synonym)
Zantecla pusilla Castelnau, 1873; (synonym)
Melanotaenia nigrans Paxton et al., 1989
Melanotaenia ogilbyi Weber, 1910
Melanotaenia oktediensis Allen & Cross, 1980
Melanotaenia papuae Allen, 1981
Melanotaenia parkinsoni Allen, 1980
Melanotaenia parva Allen, 1990
Melanotaenia pierucciae Allen & Renyaan, 1996
Melanotaenia pimaensis Allen, 1981
Melanotaenia praecox Allen, 1980
Rhombatractus praecox Weber & de Beaufort, 1922; (valid as)
Melanotaenia praecox Allen, 1991
Melanotaenia pygmaea Allen, 1978
Melanotaenia rubripinnis Allen & Renyaan, 1998
Melanotaenia sexlineata Allen, 1980
Nematocentris sexlineatus Munro, 1964; (valid as)
Melanotaenia sexlineata Allen, 1991
Melanotaenia splendida Allen, 1980
Nematocentris splendida Peters, 1866; (valid as)
Strabo nigrofasciatus Kner & Steindachner, 1867; (synonym)
Aristeus fitzroyensis Castelnau, 1878; (synonym)
Aristeus rufescens Macleay, 1881; (synonym)
Aristeus cavifrons Macleay, 1882; (synonym)
Nematocentris winneckei Zietz, 1896; (synonym)
Aidaprora carteri Whitley, 1935; (synonym)
Melanotaenia solata Taylor, 1964; (synonym)
Melanotaenia splendida Paxton et al., 1989
M. s. australis Allen, 1980
Melanotaenia australis ; (valid as)
Neoatherina australis Castelnau, 1875; (valid as)
Melanotaenia splendida australis Paxton et al., 1989
M. s. inornata Allen, 1980
Melanotaenia inornata ; (valid as)
Aida inornata Castelnau, 1875; (valid as)
Melanotaenia splendida inornata Paxton et al., 1989
M. s. rubrostriata Allen, 1980
Nematocentris rubrostriatus Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886; (valid as)
Aristeus loriae Perugia, 1894; (vs)
Melanotaenia maculata Weber, 1907; (vs)
Rhombatractus patoti Weber, 1907; (vs)
Melanotaenia maculata Weber, 1908; (vs)
Anisocentrus rubrostriatus Regan, 1914; (valid as)
Amneris rubrostriata Whitley, 1935; (valid as)
M. s. tatei Allen, 1980
Melanotaenia tatei authors; (valid as)
Nematocentris tatei Zietz, 1896; (valid as)
Melanotaenia splendida tatei Paxton et al., 1989
Melanotaenia sylvatica Allen, 1997
Melanotaenia trifasciata Allen, 1980
Rhombosoma trifasciata Rendahl, 1922; (valid as)
Melanotaenia trifasciata Paxton et al., 1989
Melanotaenia vanheurni Allen, 1980
Rhombatractus vanheurni Weber & de Beaufort, 1922; (valid as)
Melanotaenia vanheurni Allen, 1991
24.4.2004 (44)
References:
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
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The taxonomic information and the basic database has been provided by; e-mail: Igor Sheremetyev ; This is a conversion from a database dump, and there are probably many odd things as result of automatic conversion.