title: Melanotaenia
text: # Melanotaenia
  
  Melanotaenia is a genus of rainbowfish from Australia, Indonesia (West Papua), New Guinea, and nearby smaller islands.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently 86 recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Melanotaenia affinis (M. C. W. Weber, 1908) (New Guinea rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia ajamaruensis G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1980 (Ajamaru rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia albimarginata G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 (White-tip rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia ammeri G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008 (Ammer's rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia angfa G. R. Allen, 1990 (Yakati rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia arfakensis G. R. Allen, 1990 (Arfak rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia arguni Kadarusman, Hadiaty & Pouyaud, 2012 (Arguni rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia aruensis G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 (Aru rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau, 1875) (Western rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia batanta G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1998 (Batanta rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia boesemani G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1980 (Boeseman's rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia bowmani G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 (Bowman's rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia caerulea G. R. Allen, 1996 (Blue rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia catherinae (de Beaufort, 1910) (Waigeo rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia corona G. R. Allen, 1982 (Corona rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia duboulayi (Castelnau, 1878) (Crimson-spotted rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia dumasi M. C. W. Weber, 1907 (Omba rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia eachamensis G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1982 (Lake Eacham rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia ericrobertsi G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014 (Suswa rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia etnaensis G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 (Etna Bay rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia exquisita G. R. Allen, 1978 (Exquisite rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia fasinensis Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis & Pouyaud, 2010 (Fasin rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia flavipinnis G. R. Allen, Hadiaty & Unmack, 2014 (Misool yellowfin rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878) (Murray River rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia fredericki (Fowler, 1939) (Sorong rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia garylangei J. A. Graf, Herder & Hadiaty, 2015 (Gary Lange's rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia goldiei (W. J. Macleay, 1883) (Goldie River rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia gracilis G. R. Allen, 1978 (Slender rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia grunwaldi G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 (Grunwald's rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi G. R. Allen, 1980 (Lake Tebera rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia irianjaya G. R. Allen, 1985 (Irian Jaya rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia iris G. R. Allen, 1987 (Strickland rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia japenensis G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1980 (Japen rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia kamaka G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Kamaka rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia klasioensis Kadarusman, Hadiaty & Pouyaud, 2015 (Klasio Creek rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia kokasensis G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008 (Kokas rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia kolaensis G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 (Kola rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia lacunosa G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 (Mbuta rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia lacustris Munro, 1964 (Lake Kutubu rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia lakamora G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Lakamora rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia laticlavia G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014 (Aifuf rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia longispina Kadarusman, Avarre & Pouyaud, 2015 (Long-spine rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia maccullochi J. D. Ogilby, 1915 (McCulloch's rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia mairasi G. R. Allen & Hadiaty, 2011 (Lake Furnusu rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia mamahensis G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 (Mamah rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia manibuii Kadarusman, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2015 (Manibui rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia maylandi G. R. Allen, 1982 (Mayland's rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia misoolensis G. R. Allen, 1982 (Misool rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia monticola G. R. Allen, 1980 (Mountain rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia mubiensis G. R. Allen, 1996 (Mubi rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia multiradiata G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014 (Moswaren rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia naramasae Kadarusman, Nugraha & Pouyaud, 2015 (Naramasa rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia nigrans (J. Richardson, 1843) (Black-banded rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia ogilbyi M. C. W. Weber, 1910 (Ogilby's rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia oktediensis G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1980 (Oktedi rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia papuae G. R. Allen, 1981 (Papuan rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia parkinsoni G. R. Allen, 1980 (Parkinson's rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia parva G. R. Allen, 1990 (Lake Kurumoi rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia patoti M. C. W. Weber, 1907 (Patoti's rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia picta G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 (Painted rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia pierucciae G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Pierucci's rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia pimaensis G. R. Allen, 1980 (Pima River rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia praecox (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) (Neon rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia pygmaea G. R. Allen, 1978 (Pygmy rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia rubripinnis G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1998 (Red-finned rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia rubrivittata G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2015 (Laser-red rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia rubrostriata (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) (Red-striped rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia rumberponensis Kadarusman, Ogistira & Pouyaud, 2015 (Rumberpon rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia sahulensis Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack, 2019 (Sahul rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia salawati Kadarusman, Sudarto, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2011 (Salawati rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia sembrae Kadarusman, O. Carman & Pouyaud, 2015 (Sembra rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia senckenbergianus M. C. W. Weber, 1911 (Senckenberg rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia sexlineata (Munro, 1964) (Fly River rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia sikuensis Kadarusman, Sudarto & Pouyaud, 2015 (Siku Creek rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia sneideri G. R. Allen & Hadiaty, 2013 (Kumawa rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia solata W. R. Taylor, 1964 (Northern rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia splendida (W. K. H. Peters, 1866)
     * M. s. inornata (Castelnau, 1875) (Chequered rainbowfish)
     * M. s. splendida (W. K. H. Peters, 1866) (Eastern rainbowfish)
     * M. s. tatei (Zietz, 1896) (Desert rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia susii Kadarusman, Hubert & Pouyaud, 2015 (Susi Creek rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia sylvatica G. R. Allen, 1997 (Forest rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia synergos G. R. Allen & Unmack, 2008 (Batanta Island rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia trifasciata (Rendahl, 1922) (Regal rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia urisa Kadarusman, Setia Wibawa & Pouyaud, 2012 (Urisa rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia utcheensis McGuigen, 2001 (Utchee Creek rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia vanheurni (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) (Van Heurn's rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia veoliae Kadarusman, D. Caruso & Pouyaud, 2012 (Veolia rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia wanoma Kadarusman, Ségura & Pouyaud, 2012 (Wanoma rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia wisloni Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack, 2019 (little rainbowfish)
  * Melanotaenia wokamensis G. R. Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 (Wokam rainbowfish)
  
  ## Undescribed species
  
  * Melanotaenia sp. (Running River rainbowfish)
  