Chilatherina
Chilatherina is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea.
| Chilatherina | |
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| Chilatherina fasciata male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Subfamily: | Melanotaeniinae |
| Genus: | Chilatherina Regan, 1914 |
| Type species | |
| Rhombatractus fasciatus Weber, 1913 | |
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)
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Chilatherina in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- 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.
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