Species Melanotaenia rubrostriata (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)

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• Nematocentris rubrostriatus Ramsay, E.P. & Ogilby, J.D. 1886. A contribution to the knowledge of the fish fauna of New Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1(1): 8-20 [14] [the derivation is apparently from the Latin ruber = red + striatus = striped or channeled and is an adjective].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM B.9949, Strickland River, New Guinea.
• Melanotaenia maculata Weber, M. 1907. Süsswasserfische von Neu-Guinea; ein Beitrag zur Frage nach dem früheren Zusammenhang von Neu-Guinea und Australien. Nova Guinea (Zoologie) 5(2): 201-267 1 fig. pls 11-13 [imprint date of 1908 on reprint issued first and sent by Weber to Jordan at CAS (California Academy of Sciences) in 1907] [239, pl. 11 (fig. 4)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMA 103067, Merauke River mouth, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
  Paralectotype(s) AMNH 9586; CSIRO B.1197; NMW 59599; RMNH 23221; WAM P.26783-001; ZMA 103067; ZMA 110168.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Nijssen, H., Tuijl, L. van & Isbrücker, J.H. 1982. A catalogue of the type-specimens of Recent fishes in the Institute of Taxonomic Zoology (Zoölogisch Museum), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Verslagen en Technische Gegevens, Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum), Universiteit van Amsterdam 33: 1-173 [74].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Allen, G.R. 1980. A generic classification of the rainbowfishes (family Melanotaeniidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(3): 449-490 figs 1-24 [488]

Generic Combinations

• Melanotaenia rubrostriata (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886). —
  Allen, G.R., Storey, A.W. & Yarrao, M. 2008. Freshwater Fishes of the Fly River Papua New Guinea. Tabubil, Papua New Guinea : Ok Tedi Mining 216 pp. [94]
• Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886). —
  Allen, G.R. 1980. A generic classification of the rainbowfishes (family Melanotaeniidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(3): 449-490 figs 1-24 [489]
• Amneris rubrostriatus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1935. The sunfish problem. Aquatic Life 1(1): 36-37 [37] (changed combination as type of new genus Amneris)
• Anisocentrus rubrostriatus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886). —
  Regan, C.T. 1914. Report on the freshwater fishes collected by the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 20(6): 275-286 fig. 31 [281] (changed combination as type of genus Anisocentrus)

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Melanotaenia splendida rubrostraitus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) [common misspelling of subspecies name]. —
  Allen, G.R. & Jebb, M. 1993. A collection of fishes from the Upper Purari River system, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of two new species (Terapontidae and Eleotrididae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 4(3): 233-240 [235]

Introduction

Other species have been misidentified as this species. It is confined to New Guinea and Torres Strait Islands.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait Islands near Papua New Guinea, Boigu (9º16'S), and Saibai (9º24'S) islands; tropical, New Guinea

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1991. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of New Guinea. Madang : Christensen Research Institute 268 pp. [Publication No. 9 of the Christensen Research Institute] [95] (as Melanotaenia spelendida rubrostriatus)

Allen, G.R., Hortle, K.G. & Renyaan, S.J. 2000. Freshwater fishes of the Timika region, New Guinea. Timinka, Indonesia : P.T. Freeport Indonesia 175 pp. [77] (as Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriatus)

Allen, G.R. & Jebb, M. 1993. A collection of fishes from the Upper Purari River system, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of two new species (Terapontidae and Eleotrididae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 4(3): 233-240 [235]

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. [76] (Red-striped Rainbowfish)

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