Chilatherina

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Chilatherina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Chilatherina
Regan, 1914

Chilatherina is a genus of rainbowfishes.

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, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Chilatherina in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
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