Chilatherina

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: Chilatherina
Species: C. alleni – C. axelrodi – C. bleheri – C. bulolo – C. campsi – C. crassispinosa – C. fasciata – C. lorentzii – C. pagwiensis – C. pricei – C. sentaniensis
Name

Chilatherina Regan, 1914

Gender: feminine

Type species: Rhombatractus fasciatus Weber, 1913, by subsequent designation, designated by Jordan & Hubbs, 1919
Synonyms

Centratherina Regan, 1914

References

Regan, C. T. (1914) Report on the freshwater fishes collected by the British Ornithologists' Union expedition and the Wollaston expedition in Dutch New Guinea. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 20 (pt 6, no. 1): 275–286, Pl. 1.

Links

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

Chilatherina is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea.
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

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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