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 |
|---|---|---|
| Melanotaenia lacunosa Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia lacustris Munro, 1964 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia lakamora Allen & Renyaan, 1996 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macculloch's rainbowfishMelanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby, 1915 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia mairasi Allen & Hadiaty, 2011 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia maylandi Allen, 1983 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia misoolensis Allen, 1982 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia monticola Allen, 1980 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia mubiensis Allen, 1996 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia multiradiata Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2014 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia ogilbyi Weber, 1910 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia oktediensis Allen & Cross, 1980 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia papuae Allen, 1981 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia parkinsoni Allen, 1980 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia parva Allen, 1990 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia patoti Weber, 1907 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia picta Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia pierucciae Allen & Renyaan, 1996 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia pimaensis Allen, 1981 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia praecox (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia pygmaea Allen, 1978 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia rubripinnis Allen & Renyaan, 1998 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia rubrivittata Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2015 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia rubrostriata (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia salawati Kadarusman, Sudarto, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2011 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia senckenbergiana (Weber, 1911) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia sexlineata (Munro, 1964) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia solata Taylor, 1964 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern rainbow fishMelanotaenia splendida (Peters, 1866) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia sylvatica Allen, 1997 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia synergos Allen & Unmack, 2008 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| banded rainbowfishMelanotaenia trifasciata (Rendahl, 1922) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia urisa Kadarusman, Setiawibawa & Pouyaud, 2012 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia vanheurni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia veoliae Kadarusman, Caruso & Pouyaud, 2012 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia wanoma Kadarusman, Segura & Pouyaud, 2012 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanotaenia wokamensis Allen, Hadiaty, Unmack & Erdmann, 2015 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhadinocentrus ornatus Regan, 1914 | 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.