Taxonomy Profile: Melanotaenia (Gill 1862)

Melanotaenia: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Nematocentris
Peters 1866
Charisella
Fowler 1939
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Melanotaenia: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Teleostei
Superorder : Acanthopterygii
Order : Atheriniformes
silversides |
Suborder : Atherinoidei
Family : Melanotaeniidae
rainbow fishes |
Genus : Melanotaenia
Melanotaenia Direct Children(s):
Melanotaenia nigrans
(Richardson 1843)
Melanotaenia goldiei
(Macleay 1883)
Melanotaenia affinis
(Weber 1907)
Melanotaenia ajamaruensis
(Allen and Cross 1980)
Melanotaenia angfa
(Allen 1990)
Melanotaenia batanta
(Allen and Renyaan 1998)
Melanotaenia boesemani
(Allen and Cross 1980)
Melanotaenia caerulea
(Allen 1996)
Melanotaenia catherinae
(de Beaufort 1910)
Melanotaenia corona
(Allen 1982)
Melanotaenia duboulayi
(Castelnau 1878)
Melanotaenia eachamensis
(Allen and Cross 1982)
Melanotaenia fluviatilis
(Castelnau 1878)
Melanotaenia gracilis
(Allen 1978)
Melanotaenia iris
(Allen 1987)
Melanotaenia japenensis
(Allen and Cross 1980)
Melanotaenia kamaka
(Allen and Renyaan 1996)
Melanotaenia lakamora
(Allen and Renyaan 1996)
Melanotaenia maylandi
(Allen 1983)
Melanotaenia ogilbyi
(Weber 1910)
Melanotaenia oktediensis
(Allen and Cross 1980)
Melanotaenia papuae
(Allen 1981)
Melanotaenia parva
(Allen 1990)
Melanotaenia pierucciae
(Allen and Renyaan 1996)
Melanotaenia praecox
(Weber and de Beaufort 1922)
Melanotaenia pygmaea
(Allen 1978)
Melanotaenia rubripinnis
(Allen and Renyaan 1998)
Melanotaenia solata
(Taylor 1964)
Melanotaenia splendida
(Peters 1866)
Melanotaenia trifasciata
(Rendahl 1922)
Melanotaenia utcheensis
(McGuigan 2001)
Melanotaenia vanheurni
(Weber and de Beaufort 1922)
Melanotaenia: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Melanotaenia
Source:
Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004
Acquired:
2004-05-13
Notes:
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
Reference for:
Melanotaenia
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Dyer, B. S., and B. Chernoff
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1996-05-28 / 1996-05-28
Article/Chapter Title:
Phylogenetic relationships among atheriniform fishes (Teleostei: Atherinomorpha)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, vol. 117, no. 1
Page(s):
1-69
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0024-4082
Notes:
Reference for:
Melanotaenia
Melanotaenia: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
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Melanotaenia: Comments