Species Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843)
Blackbanded Rainbowfish, Black Striped Rainbow Fish, Black-banded Jewel-fish, Black-banded Jewelfish, Black-banded Rainbow Fish, Black-banded Rainbowfish, Black-striped Rainbowfish, Common Freshwater Sunfish, Mauve Rainbow-fish, Spotted Sunfish, Yalgurnda
- Atherina nigrans Richardson, J. 1843. Contributions to the ichthyology of Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 11(69): 169-182 [180].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 2006.5.18.1 skin, Port Essington, NT. - Zantecla pusilla Castelnau, F.L. de 1873. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 5. Notes on fishes from north Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 2: 83-97 [88].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Port Darwin, NT. - Nematocentris nigricans Steindachner, F. 1867. Ichthyologische Notizen (6).1. Über eine Sammlung von Fischen von Cap York in Australien. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 56(1): 307-320 [316] (name attributed to Richardson) [emendation; recorded from Cape York, but name attributed to Richardson suggesting an emendation or spelling error].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843). —
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, Philadelphia 14: 274-282 [280] (changed combination as type of genus Melanotaenia)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Three isolated populations, in the vicinity of Napier Broome Bay (126º43'E), eastern Kimberley, WA, in NT coastal streams from Daly River (130º28´E) east across Arnhem Land to Groote Eylandt (136º38´E), and the northern tip of Cape York, QLD and Torres Strait Islands, from Muralug Island (10º41´S) and a few small tributaries of the Jardine River (11º08´S); tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R. & Leggett, R. 1990. A collection of freshwater fishes from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(4): 527-545 fig. 1 [535]
- Hitchcock, G., Finn, M.A., Burrows, D.W., & Johnson, J.W. 2012. Fishes from fresh and brackish waters of islands in Torres Strait, far north Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 56(1): 14-24 [18]
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [60]
- Morgan, D.L., Allen, G.R., Pusey, B.J. & Burrows, D.W. 2011. A review of the freshwater fishes of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Zootaxa 2816: 1-64 [14] (notes that record from Buccaneer Archipelago, WA is a misidentification)
Ecological Descriptors
Freshwater, omnivore.
General References
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [802]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [112] (in part, regarded several nominal species as synonyms)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [96] (661)
Whitley, G.P. 1960. Fresh water fishes of Australia. 18. Finchat February: 12-13, 25 [12]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [39] (637)
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Cross, N.J. 1982. Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua-New Guinea. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 142 pp. figs. [53] (Black-banded Rainbowfish)
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [559] (Black-banded Jewel-fish, Mauve Rainbow-fish)
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [802] (Black-banded Jewelfish)
Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [34] (Black Striped Rainbow Fish)
Larson, H.K. & Martin, K.C. 1990. Freshwater Fishes of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences Handbook Series Number 1. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 102 pp. 73 figs. [22] (Black-striped Rainbowfish)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [165] (Black-banded Rainbow Fish)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [96] (Yalgurnda)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Blackbanded Rainbowfish)
Whitley, G.P. 1960. Fresh water fishes of Australia. 18. Finchat February: 12-13, 25 [12] (Common Freshwater Sunfish, Spotted Sunfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-Jul-2014 | ATHERINIFORMES | 14-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |