Chilatherina

Genus of fishes

Chilatherina
Chilatherina fasciata male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Subfamily: Melanotaeniinae
Genus: Chilatherina
Regan, 1914
Type species
Rhombatractus fasciatus
Weber, 1913

Chilatherina is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Chilatherina alleni Price, 1997
  • Chilatherina axelrodi G. R. Allen, 1979 (Axelrod's rainbowfish)
  • Chilatherina bleheri G. R. Allen, 1985 (Bleher's rainbowfish)
  • Chilatherina bulolo (Whitley, 1938) (Bulolo rainbowfish)
  • Chilatherina campsi (Whitley, 1957) (Highlands rainbowfish)
  • Chilatherina crassispinosa (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Silver rainbowfish)
  • Chilatherina fasciata (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Barred rainbowfish)
  • Chilatherina lorentzii (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Lorentz's rainbowfish)
  • Chilatherina pagwiensis G. R. Allen & Unmack, 2012[2]
  • Chilatherina pricei G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Price's rainbowfish)[3]
  • Chilatherina sentaniensis (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Sentani rainbowfish)

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chilatherina". FishBase. June 2012 version.
  2. ^ a b Allen, G.R. & Unmack, P.J. (2012): A new species of Rainbowfish (Chilatherina: Melanotaeniidae), from the Sepik River System of Papua New Guinea. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (4): 227-237.
  3. ^ Chilatherina
Taxon identifiers
Chilatherina


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