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Checkered Rainbowfish

Melanotaenia splendida (Peters 1866)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Melanotaenia splendida (Peters 1866)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Melanotaenia splendida splendida
Subspecies recognized by wikipedia EU, wikipedia IS, and NCBI
Melanotaenia splendida splendida (Peters 1866)
Melanotaenia splendida inornata
Subspecies recognized by wikipedia IS and NCBI
Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau 1875)
Melanotaenia splendida tatei
Subspecies recognized by NCBI
Melanotaenia splendida
Melanotaenia splendida (Peters 1866)
Species recognized by GBIF classification
Nematocentris tatei Zietz 1896
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records UK
Aida inornata
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Aida inornata
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Melanotaenia splendida
Melanotaenia splendida (Peters 1866)
Recognized by Fishbase
Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau 1875)
Subspecies recognized by iNaturalist
Nematocentris tatei
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Aida inornata Castelnau 1875
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Aidaprora carteri Whitley 1935
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Aristeus cavifrons Macleay 1882
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau 1875)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Melanotaenia splendida splendida (Peters 1866)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Melanotaenia splendida tatei (Zietz 1896)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Nematocentris splendida Peters 1866
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Nematocentris tatei Zietz 1896
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Aida inornata
Synonym according to NCBI
Nematocentris splendida splendida
Synonym according to NCBI
Nematocentris splendida
Synonym according to NCBI
Nematocentris tatei
Synonym according to NCBI
Aida inornata Castelnau 1875
Aida inornata Castelnau 1875
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Aidaprora carteri Whitley 1935
Aidaprora carteri Whitley 1935
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Aristeus cavifrons Macleay 1882
Aristeus cavifrons Macleay 1882
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau 1875)
Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau 1875)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Melanotaenia splendida splendida (Peters 1866)
Melanotaenia splendida splendida (Peters 1866)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Melanotaenia splendida tatei (Zietz 1896)
Melanotaenia splendida tatei (Zietz 1896)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Nematocentris splendida Peters 1866
Nematocentris splendida Peters 1866
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Nematocentris tatei Zietz 1896
Nematocentris tatei Zietz 1896
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase

Common Names

English

Checkered rainbowfish preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Desert rainbowfish
Recognized by Fishbase
East Queensland rainbow fish
Recognized by Fishbase
Eastern rainbow fish
Recognized by Fishbase
Eastern rainbowfish
Recognized by Fishbase
McDonald ranges rainbow fish
Recognized by Fishbase
Northern sunfish
Recognized by Fishbase
Splendid rainbowfish
Recognized by Fishbase

Danish

Mønstret regnbuefisk preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Ørkenregnbuefisk
Recognized by Fishbase
Østaustralsk regnbuefisk
Recognized by Fishbase

Finnish

Sateenkaarikala preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

German

Kap York-Regenbogenfisch preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Wüstenregenbogenfisch
Recognized by Fishbase
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Curated hierarchies for Melanotaenia splendida (Peters 1866)

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