Melanotaenia
Melanotaenia est genus piscium familiae Melanotaeniidarum. Generi sunt quinquaginta una species descriptae.

Species 
 Melanotaenia affinis (Weber, 1907)
 Melanotaenia ajamaruensis Allen & Cross, 1980
 Melanotaenia angfa Allen, 1990
 Melanotaenia arfakensis Allen, 1990
 Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau, 1875)
 Melanotaenia batanta Allen & Renyaan, 1998
 Melanotaenia boesemani Allen & Cross, 1980
 Melanotaenia caerulea Allen, 1996
 Melanotaenia catherinae (de Beaufort, 1910)
 Melanotaenia corona
 Melanotaenia duboulayi (Castelnau, 1878)
 Melanotaenia eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982
 Melanotaenia exquisita Allen, 1978
 Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)
 Melanotaenia fredericki (Fowler, 1939)
 Melanotaenia goldiei (Macleay, 1883)
 Melanotaenia gracilis Allen, 1978
 Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi Allen, 1981
 Melanotaenia irianjaya Allen, 1985
 Melanotaenia iris Allen, 1987
 Melanotaenia japenensis Allen & Cross, 1980
 Melanotaenia kamaka Allen & Renyaan, 1996
 Melanotaenia lacustris Munro, 1964
 Melanotaenia lakamora Allen & Renyaan, 1996
 Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby, 1915
 Melanotaenia maylandi Allen, 1983
 Melanotaenia misoolensis Allen, 1982
 Melanotaenia monticola Allen, 1980
 Melanotaenia mubiensis Allen, 1996
 Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843)
 Melanotaenia ogilbyi Weber, 1910
 Melanotaenia oktediensis Allen & Cross, 1980
 Melanotaenia papuae Allen, 1981
 Melanotaenia parkinsoni Allen, 1980
 Melanotaenia parva Allen, 1990
 Melanotaenia pierucciae Allen & Renyaan, 1996
 Melanotaenia pimaensis Allen, 1981
 Melanotaenia praecox (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
 Melanotaenia pygmaea Allen, 1978
 Melanotaenia rubripinnis Allen & Renyaan, 1998
 Melanotaenia sexlineata (Munro, 1964)
 Melanotaenia synergos Allen & Unmack, 2008 (Allen & Unmack 2008).
 Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau, 1875)
 Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
 Melanotaenia splendida splendida (Peters, 1866)
 Melanotaenia splendida tatei (Zietz, 1896)
 Melanotaenia sylvatica Allen, 1997
 Melanotaenia synergos Allen & Unmack, 2008 (Allen & Unmack 2008).
 Melanotaenia trifasciata (Rendahl, 1922)
 Melanotaenia utcheensis McGuigan, 2001
 Melanotaenia vanheurni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)

Fontes
Allen & Unmack. 2008. A new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae: Melanotaenia), from Batanta Island, western New Guinea. Aqua (Miradolo Terme) 13(3–4):109–120. 

Melanotaeniidae