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Taxon: Genus Melanotaenia Gill, 1863 (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         [crown] Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     [crown] Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       [crown] Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         [crown] Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
                                             Myopterygii - myopterygians
                                               Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                 Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
                                                   Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates
                                                     Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
                                                       [crown] Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                         Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                           Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                             Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                                                               Clupeocephala
                                                                 Cohort Euteleosteomorpha (Greenwood et al., 1966)
                                                                   Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                     Infracohort Eurypterygia (Rosen, 1973)
                                                                       Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                         Subsection Acanthomorphata (Rosen, 1973)
                                                                           Euacanthomorpha (Johnson & Patterson, 1993)
                                                                             Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                               Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                 Euacanthopterygii
                                                                                   Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                                                                                     Series Smegmamorpharia Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                       Superorder Atherinomorphae (Greenwood et al., 1966)
                                                                                         Order Atheriniformes Rosen, 1964 - silversides
                                                                                           Suborder Atherinoidei
                                                                                             Infraorder Atherinoida
                                                                                               Family Melanotaeniidae - rainbowfishes
                                                                                                 Genus Melanotaenia Gill, 1863
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia affinis (Weber, 1907)
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia ajamaruensis Allen & Cross, 1980 - Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia ammeri G.R. Allen et al., 2008
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia angfa Allen, 1990 - Yakati rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia arfakensis Allen, 1990 - Arfak rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia batanta Allen & Renyaan, 1998
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia boesemani Allen & Cross, 1980 - Boseman's Rainbow Fish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia caerulea Allen, 1996
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia catherinae (de Beaufort, 1910) - Waigeo rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia corona Allen, 1982 - Corona rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia duboulayi (Castelnau, 1878)
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia eachamensis G.R. Allen, 1982 - Lake Eacham rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia exquisita Allen, 1978 - exquisite rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia fredericki (Fowler, 1939)
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia goldiei (Macleay, 1883)
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia gracilis Allen, 1978 - slender rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia gracilis × M. greeti
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia gracilis × M. hammeri
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi Allen, 1981 - Lake Tebera Rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia irianjaya Allen, 1985
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia iris Allen, 1987
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia japenensis Allen & Cross, 1980
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia kamaka Allen & Renyaan, 1996
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia kokasensis G.R. Allen et al., 2008
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia lacustris Munro, 1964 - Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia lakamora Allen & Renyaan, 1996
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby, 1915 - dwarf rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia maylandi Allen, 1983 - Mayland's rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia misoolensis Allen, 1982 - Misool rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia monticola Allen, 1980 - mountain rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia mubiensis Allen, 1996
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843) - red-tailed rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia ogilbyi Weber, 1910 - Ogilby's rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia oktediensis Allen & Cross, 1980 - Oktedi rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia papuae Allen, 1981
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia parkinsoni Allen, 1980
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia parva Allen, 1990 - Lake Kuromai rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia pierucciae Allen & Renyaan, 1996
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia pimaensis Allen, 1981 - Pima River rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia praecox (Weber & Beaufort, 1922) - dwarf rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia pygmaea Allen, 1978 - pygmy rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia rubripinnis Allen & Renyaan, 1998
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia sexlineata (Munro, 1964) - Fly River rainbowfish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia splendida (Peters, 1866)
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia sylvatica Allen, 1997
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia trifasciata (Rendahl, 1922) - jewel rainbow fish
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia utcheensis McGuigan, 2001
                                                                                                   Melanotaenia vanheurni (Weber & Beaufort, 1922) - Van Heurn's rainbowfish

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