Melanotaeniidae

Melanotaenia splendida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Atherinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Atheriniformes Subordo: Atherinoidei

Familia: Melanotaeniidae
Genera (7): Cairnsichthys – Chilatherina – Glossolepis – Iriatherina – Melanotaenia – Pelangia – Rhadinocentrus

Name

• Melanotaeniidae Gill, 1894
  • originally described as subfamily Melanotaeniinae.

References

• Gill, T. N.; 1894: An Australasian sub-family of fresh-water atherinoid fishes. American Naturalist, 28 (332): 708–709. [1]
• Unmac, P. J., Allen, G. R. & Johnson, G. B.; (in press): Phylogeny and biogeography of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Available online 8 January 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.12.019
• Genera of Melanotaeniidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World, fourth edition. John Wiley, Hoboken, 624 pp. ISBN 0-471-25031-7. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: Duhovkovití
Deutsch: Regenbogenfische
español: Rainbowfishes
polski: tęczankowate

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