Cairnsichthys

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Atheriniformes
Subordo: Atherinoidei

Familia: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Cairnsichthys
Species: C. bitaeniatus – C. rhombosomoides
Name

Cairnsichthys Allen, 1980

Gender: masculine
Type species: Rhadinocentrus rhombosomoides Nichols & Raven, 1928, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Allen, G. R. (1980) A generic classification of the rainbowfishes (family Melanotaeniidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 8 (no. 3): 449–490.
Hammer, M.P., Allen, G.R., Martin, K.C., Adams, M., Ebner, B.C., Raadik, T.A. & Unmack, P.J. 2018. Revision of the Australian Wet Tropics endemic rainbowfish genus Cairnsichthys (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4413(2): 271–294. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.3 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Cairnsichthys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Cairnsichthys is a genus of rainbowfishes from the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. The genus is endemic to freshwater streams in eastern Queensland in north eastern Australia.[2] The genus was designated as a monotypic genus in 1928 by John T. Nichols and Henry C. Raven but in 2018 a second species was assigned to the genus.[3][4]
Species

Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus Allen, Hammer & Raadik, 2018 - Daintree rainbowfish[5]
Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides (Nichols & Raven, 1928) - Cairns rainbowfish

Etymology

The genus is named after the Australian city of Cairns with the suffix ichthys which is Greek for "fish".[6]
References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cairnsichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Cairnsichthys in FishBase. February 2019 version.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cairnsichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
"Cairnsichthys". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
Hammer, M. P.; G. R. Allen; K. C. Martin; et al. (2018). "Revision of the Australian Wet Tropics endemic rainbowfish genus Cairnsichthys (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae), with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 4413 (2): 271–294. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.3. PMID 29690109.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 July 2019.