Melanotaenia Gill, 1862

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Gill, T. N. 1862. Notice of a collection of the fishes of California presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. Samuel Hubbard. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 274-282.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Atheriniformes

family

Melanotaeniidae

genus

Melanotaenia

Name

Synonyms

Aida Castelnau, 1875

Aidapora

Aidaprora Whitley, 1935

Anisocentrus Regan, 1914

Aristeus Castelnau, 1878

Charisella Fowler, 1939

Nematocentris Peters, 1866

Nematocentrus

Neoatherina Castelnau, 1875

Rhombatractus Gill, 1894

Rhombosoma Regan, 1914

Homonyms

Melanotaenia Gill, 1862

Bibliographic References

1. Dyer, B. S., and B. Chernoff, 1996: Phylogenetic relationships among atheriniform fishes (Teleostei: Atherinomorpha). Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, vol. 117, no. 1. 1-69.
2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
4. FishBase
5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024.
6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
7. Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer)
8. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1862
9. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
10. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
11. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
12. WoRMS (Mar 2013)