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New Guinea Rainbowfish

Melanotaenia affinis (Weber 1907)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Melanotaenia affinis (Weber 1907)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Melanotaenia affinis
Recognized by FAO Fishery Statistics
Melanotaenia affinis (Weber 1907)
Species recognized by GBIF classification
Rhombatractus affinis Weber 1907
Melanotaenia affinis
Species recognized by Barcode of Life Data Systems
Melanotaenia affinis
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Melanotaenia affinis (Weber 1907)
Recognized by Fishbase

Alternative Names

Rhombatractus affinis Weber 1907
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Rhombatractus affinis Weber 1907
Rhombatractus affinis Weber 1907
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase

Common Names

English

New Guinea rainbowfish preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
North New Guinea rainbowfish
Recognized by Fishbase
Red-finned rainbowfish
Recognized by Fishbase

Finnish

Kiilasateenkaarikala preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Curated hierarchies for Melanotaenia affinis (Weber 1907)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Euteleostei
Neoteleostei
Acanthopterygii
Atheriniformes
Atherinoidei
Melanotaeniidae
Melanotaenia

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Atheriniformes
Melanotaeniidae
Melanotaenia

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Atheriniformes
Melanotaeniidae
Melanotaenia Gill 1862

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Acanthopterygii
Atheriniformes
Atherinoidei
Melanotaeniidae
Melanotaenia Gill 1862

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Atheriniformes
Melanotaeniidae
15 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossocephalai
Clupeocephala
Euteleosteomorpha
Neoteleostei
Eurypterygia
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Ovalentaria
Atherinomorphae
Atheriniformes
Melanotaeniidae
Melanotaenia