A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Melanotaeniidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus Allen, Hammer & Raadik, 2018 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides (Nichols & Raven, 1928) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chilatherina alleni Price, 1997 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chilatherina axelrodi Allen, 1979 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chilatherina bleheri Allen, 1985 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chilatherina bulolo (Whitley, 1938) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chilatherina campsi (Whitley, 1957) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chilatherina crassispinosa (Weber, 1913) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chilatherina lorentzii (Weber, 1907) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chilatherina pagwiensis Allen & Unmack, 2012 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chilatherina sentaniensis (Weber, 1907) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossolepis dorityi Allen, 2001 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossolepis incisa Weber, 1907 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossolepis kabia (Herre, 1935) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossolepis maculosa Allen, 1981 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossolepis pseudoincisa Allen & Cross, 1980 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossolepis ramuensis Allen, 1985 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossolepis wanamensis Allen & Kailola, 1979 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iriatherina werneri Meinken, 1974 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia affinis (Weber, 1907) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia ajamaruensis Allen & Cross, 1980 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia albimarginata Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia ammeri Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia angfa Allen, 1990 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia arguni Kadarusman, Hadiaty & Pouyaud, 2012 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia aruensis Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau, 1875) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia boesemani Allen & Cross, 1980 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia bowmani Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia caerulea Allen, 1996 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia catherinae (de Beaufort, 1910) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia corona Allen, 1982 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia duboulayi (Castelnau, 1878) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lake Eacham rainbowfishMelanotaenia eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia ericrobertsi Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia etnaensis Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia exquisita Allen, 1978 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia fasinensis Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis & Pouyaud, 2010 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia fredericki (Fowler, 1939) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia garylangei Graf, Herder & Hadiaty, 2015 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia goldiei (Macleay, 1883) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia gracilis Allen, 1978 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi Allen, 1981 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia irianjaya Allen, 1985 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia iris Allen, 1987 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia japenensis Allen & Cross, 1980 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia kamaka Allen & Renyaan, 1996 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia kokasensis Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2008 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia kolaensis Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.