Melanotaeniidae

Familia: Melanotaeniidae
Genera (7): Cairnsichthys – Chilatherina – Glossolepis – Iriatherina – Melanotaenia – Pelangia – Rhadinocentrus

• Melanotaeniidae Gill, 1894
  • originally described as subfamily Melanotaeniinae.

• Gill, T. N.; 1894: An Australasian sub-family of fresh-water atherinoid fishes. American Naturalist, 28 (332): 708–709. [1]
• Unmac, P. J., Allen, G. R. & Johnson, G. B.; (in press): Phylogeny and biogeography of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Available online 8 January 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.12.019
• Genera of Melanotaeniidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World, fourth edition. John Wiley, Hoboken, 624 pp. ISBN 0-471-25031-7. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9. Reference page. 

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