Chilatherina
Sign in to saveChilatherina is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAtheriniformes
- FamilyMelanotaeniidae
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Chilatherina is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea.
==Species== There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: 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 Chilatherina pricei G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Price's rainbowfish) Chilatherina sentaniensis (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Sentani rainbowfish)