Melanotaenia | |
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Melanotaenia boesemani | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Genus: | Melanotaenia T. N. Gill, 1862 |
Type species | |
Atherina nigrans J. Richardson, 1843 | |
Synonyms | |
Aida Castelnau, 1875 Contents |
Melanotaenia is a genus of rainbowfish from Australia, Indonesia (West Papua), New Guinea, and nearby smaller islands. As presently recognized, this genus is probably not monophyletic. [1]
There are currently 89 recognized species in this genus:
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