Melanotaeniidae
Iriatherina werneri Glossolepis incisus Melanotaenia lacustris Melanotaeniidae é uma família de peixes de água doce . São peixes coloridos e de pequenas dimensões, que podem ser encontrados no Norte e Leste da Austrália e Nova Guiné e nas ilhas do Sudeste asiático.
Esta família derivao seu nome do género Melanotaenia , que em língua grega pode ser decomposto em Melano (= preto) e taenia (= bandeado), significando "de bandas pretas", uma alusão a bandas desta cor que percorrem o corpo dos peixes do género Melanotaenia .
São populares em aquariofilia . As populações selvagens destes peixes têm sido afectadas pela espécie Gambusia holbrooki
A familia Melanotaeniidae é composta por 67 espécies, dividivas entre 7 géneros:
FishBase lists 71 species in seven genera:
Genus Cairnsichthys
Genus Chilatherina Chilatherina alleni Price, 1997 .Axelrod's rainbowfish , Chilatherina axelrodi Allen, 1979 .Bleher's rainbowfish , Chilatherina bleheri Allen, 1985 .Bulolo rainbowfish , Chilatherina bulolo (Whitley, 1938) .Highlands rainbowfish , Chilatherina campsi (Whitley, 1957) .Silver rainbowfish , Chilatherina crassispinosa (Weber, 1913) .Barred rainbowfish , Chilatherina fasciata (Weber, 1913) .Lorentz's rainbowfish , Chilatherina lorentzii (Weber, 1907) .Chilatherina pricei Allen & Renyaan, 1996 .Sentani rainbowfish , Chilatherina sentaniensis (Weber, 1907) .
Genus Glossolepis Glossolepis dorityi Allen, 2001 .Red rainbowfish , Glossolepis incisus Weber, 1907 .Leggett's rainbowfish , Glossolepis leggetti Allen & Renyaan, 1998 .Spotted rainbowfish , Glossolepis maculosus Allen, 1981 .Sepik rainbowfish , Glossolepis multisquamata (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) .Tami River rainbowfish , Glossolepis pseudoincisus Allen & Cross, 1980 .Ramu rainbowfish , Glossolepis ramuensis Allen, 1985 .Lake Wanam rainbowfish , Glossolepis wanamensis Allen & Kailola, 1979 .
Genus Iriatherina
Genus Melanotaenia New Guinea rainbowfish , Melanotaenia affinis (Weber, 1907) .Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish , Melanotaenia ajamaruensis Allen & Cross, 1980 .Yakati rainbowfish , Melanotaenia angfa Allen, 1990 .Arfak rainbowfish , Melanotaenia arfakensis Allen, 1990 .Western rainbowfish , Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau , 1875) .Batanta rainbowfish , Melanotaenia batanta Allen & Renyaan, 1998 .Boeseman's rainbowfish , Melanotaenia boesemani Allen & Cross, 1980 .Blue rainbowfish , Melanotaenia caerulea Allen, 1996 .Waigeo rainbowfish , Melanotaenia catherinae (de Beaufort, 1910) .Corona rainbowfish , Melanotaenia corona Allen, 1982 .Duboulay's rainbowfish , Melanotaenia duboulayi (Castelnau , 1878) .Lake Eacham rainbowfish , Melanotaenia eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982 .Exquisite rainbowfish , Melanotaenia exquisita Allen, 1978 .Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau , 1878) .Sorong rainbowfish , Melanotaenia fredericki (Fowler, 1939) .Goldie River rainbowfish , Melanotaenia goldiei (Macleay, 1883) .Slender rainbowfish , Melanotaenia gracilis Allen, 1978 .Lake Tebera rainbowfish , Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi Allen, 1981 .Irian Jaya rainbowfish , Melanotaenia irianjaya Allen, 1985 .Strickland rainbowfish , Melanotaenia iris Allen, 1987 .Yapen rainbowfish , Melanotaenia japenensis Allen & Cross, 1980 .Kamaka rainbowfish , Melanotaenia kamaka Allen & Renyaan, 1996 .Lake Kutubu rainbowfish , Melanotaenia lacustris Munro, 1964 .Lakamora rainbowfish , Melanotaenia lakamora Allen & Renyaan, 1996 .Macculloch's rainbowfish , Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby , 1915Mayland's rainbowfish , Melanotaenia maylandi Allen, 1983 .Misool rainbowfish , Melanotaenia misoolensis Allen, 1982 .Mountain rainbowfish , Melanotaenia monticola Allen, 1980 .Mubi rainbowfish , Melanotaenia mubiensis Allen, 1996 .Black-banded rainbowfish , Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson , 1843) .Ogilby's rainbowfish , Melanotaenia ogilbyi Weber, 1910 .Oktedi rainbowfish , Melanotaenia oktediensis Allen & Cross, 1980 .Papuan rainbowfish , Melanotaenia papuae Allen, 1981 .Parkinson's rainbowfish , Melanotaenia parkinsoni Allen, 1980 .Lake Kuromai rainbowfish , Melanotaenia parva Allen, 1990 .Pierucci's rainbowfish , Melanotaenia pierucciae Allen & Renyaan, 1996 .Pima River rainbowfish , Melanotaenia pimaensis Allen, 1981 .Dwarf rainbowfish , Melanotaenia praecox (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) .Pygmy rainbowfish , Melanotaenia pygmaea Allen, 1978 .Red-finned rainbowfish , Melanotaenia rubripinnis Allen & Renyaan, 1998 .Fly River rainbowfish , Melanotaenia sexlineata (Munro, 1964) .Checkered rainbowfish , Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau , 1875) .Red-striped rainbowfish , Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata (Ramsay & Ogilby , 1886) .Eastern rainbowfish , Melanotaenia splendida splendida (Peters , 1866) .Desert rainbowfish , Melanotaenia splendida tatei (Zietz, 1896) .Melanotaenia sylvatica Allen, 1997 .Banded rainbowfish , Melanotaenia trifasciata (Rendahl, 1922) .Melanotaenia utcheensis McGuigan, 2001 .Van Heurn's rainbowfish , Melanotaenia vanheurni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) .
Genus Pelangia
Genus Rhadinocentrus
