Melanotaenia
Rendszertani besorolás
Szinonimák
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
Hivatkozások
Melanotaenia boesemani
Melanotaenia lacustris
Melanotaenia trifasciata
A Melanotaenia a sugarasúszójú halak (Actinopterygii) osztályának kalászhalalakúak (Atheriniformes) rendjébe , ezen belül a Melanotaeniidae családjába tartozó nem .
A Melanotaenia-fajok előfordulási területe Indonézia , Pápua Új-Guinea és Ausztrália . Ezekben az országokban is, a legtöbb faj elterjedése, csak egy-egy folyóra , patakra vagy tóra korlátozódik. Méretük fajtól függően 4,9-16 centiméter között mozog.
A nembe az alábbi 71 faj tartozik:
Melanotaenia affinis (Weber, 1907)
Melanotaenia ajamaruensis Allen & Cross, 1980
Melanotaenia albimarginata Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
Melanotaenia ammeri Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008
Melanotaenia angfa Allen, 1990
Melanotaenia arfakensis Allen, 1990
Melanotaenia arguni Kadarusman, Hadiaty & Pouyaud, 2012
Melanotaenia aruensis Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau, 1875)
Melanotaenia batanta Allen & Renyaan, 1998
Boeseman kalászhala (Melanotaenia boesemani) Allen & Cross, 1980
Melanotaenia caerulea Allen, 1996
Melanotaenia catherinae (de Beaufort, 1910)
Melanotaenia corona Allen, 1982
Melanotaenia duboulayi (Castelnau, 1878)
Melanotaenia eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982
Melanotaenia ericrobertsi Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014
Melanotaenia exquisita Allen, 1978
Melanotaenia fasinensis Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis & Pouyaud, 2010
Melanotaenia flavipinnis Allen, Hadiaty & Unmack, 2014
Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)
Melanotaenia fredericki (Fowler, 1939)
Melanotaenia garylangei Graf, Herder & Hadiaty, 2015
Melanotaenia goldiei (Macleay, 1883)
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 kokasensis Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008
Melanotaenia kolaensis Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
Melanotaenia lacustris Munro, 1964
Melanotaenia lakamora Allen & Renyaan, 1996
Melanotaenia laticlavia Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014
Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby, 1915
Melanotaenia mairasi Allen & Hadiaty, 2011
Melanotaenia maylandi Allen, 1983
Melanotaenia misoolensis Allen, 1982
Melanotaenia monticola Allen, 1980
Melanotaenia mubiensis Allen, 1996
Melanotaenia multiradiata Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014
Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843) - típusfaj
Melanotaenia ogilbyi Weber, 1910
Melanotaenia oktediensis Allen & Cross, 1980
Melanotaenia papuae Allen, 1981
Melanotaenia parkinsoni Allen, 1980
Melanotaenia parva Allen, 1990
Melanotaenia patoti Weber, 1907
Melanotaenia picta Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
Melanotaenia pierucciae Allen & Renyaan, 1996
Melanotaenia pimaensis Allen, 1981
Melanotaenia praecox (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
Melanotaenia pygmaea Allen, 1978
Melanotaenia rubripinnis Allen & Renyaan, 1998
Melanotaenia rubrivittata Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2015
Melanotaenia rubrostriata (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
Melanotaenia salawati Kadarusman, Sudarto, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2011
Melanotaenia senckenbergianus (Weber, 1911)
Melanotaenia sexlineata (Munro, 1964)
Melanotaenia solata Taylor, 1964
Melanotaenia splendida (Peters, 1866)
Melanotaenia sylvatica Allen, 1997
Melanotaenia synergos Allen & Unmack, 2008
Melanotaenia trifasciata (Rendahl, 1922)
Melanotaenia urisa Kadarusman, Setiawibawa & Pouyaud, 2012
Melanotaenia utcheensis McGuigan, 2001
Melanotaenia vanheurni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
Melanotaenia veoliae Kadarusman, Caruso & Pouyaud, 2012
Melanotaenia wanoma Kadarusman, Segura & Pouyaud, 2012
Melanotaenia wokamensis Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015
Melanotaenia FishBase
Allen, G.R., 1991. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea.
Allen, G.R., R.K. Hadiaty, P.J. Unmack and M.V. Erdmann, 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 Int. J. Ichthyol. 21(2):66-108.
Allen, G.R. & S.J. Renyaan , 1996: Three new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Triton Lakes, Irian Jaya, New Guinea. International Journal of Ichthyology 2 (2) : 13–24.
Gill, T. N. (1862) Notice of a collection of the fishes of California presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. Samuel Hubbard. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14: 274–282.