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Family Order: Atheriniformes 🍽️ 23 Edible 🎣 1 Game Fish 🐠 71 Aquarium

Melanotaeniidae

Species
114
Genera
7
Max Length
20 cm
Max Weight
-
Avg Trophic
2.89
Threatened
19

🌐 Geographic Distribution

Mexico
2 spp.
United States
2 spp.
Colombia
2 spp.
Philippines
2 spp.

🔬 Ecology & Feeding

omnivore
100%
5
Shallowest
0 m
Deepest
10 m

🌍 Habitat Distribution

💧 Freshwater
113
🌊 Marine
1

🛡️ Conservation Status Distribution

LC
VU
EN
CR
Least Concern 41
Near Threatened 6
Vulnerable 24
Endangered 22
Critically Endangered 18

🐟 Species in Melanotaeniidae

114 total
Melanotaenia Affinis
Melanotaenia affinis
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
Misool rainbowfish
Melanotaenia misoolensis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Moswaren rainbowfish
Melanotaenia multiradiata
VU 💧 Freshwater
Mountain rainbowfish
Melanotaenia monticola
NT 💧 Freshwater Edible
Mubi rainbowfish
Melanotaenia mubiensis
EN 💧 Freshwater
Murray River rainbowfish
Melanotaenia fluviatilis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Northern Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia solata
💧 Freshwater
Ogilby's rainbowfish
Melanotaenia ogilbyi
VU 💧 Freshwater
Oktedi rainbowfish
Melanotaenia oktediensis
CR 💧 Freshwater Edible
Ornate rainbowfish
Rhadinocentrus ornatus
VU 💧 Freshwater
Painted rainbowfish
Melanotaenia picta
LC 💧 Freshwater
Papuan rainbowfish
Melanotaenia papuae
VU 💧 Freshwater Edible
Parkinson's rainbowfish
Melanotaenia parkinsoni
NT 💧 Freshwater
Patoti's rainbowfish
Melanotaenia patoti
LC 💧 Freshwater
Pierucci's rainbowfish
Melanotaenia pierucciae
LC 💧 Freshwater
Pima River rainbowfish
Melanotaenia pimaensis
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
Price’s Rainbowfish
Chilatherina pricei
VU 💧 Freshwater
Pygmy rainbowfish
Melanotaenia pygmaea
VU 💧 Freshwater
Ramu rainbowfish
Glossolepis ramuensis
VU 💧 Freshwater
Red rainbowfish
Glossolepis incisa
EN 💧 Freshwater Edible
Red-finned rainbowfish
Melanotaenia rubripinnis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Red-striped rainbowfish
Melanotaenia rubrostriata
🌊 Marine
Sahul rainbowfish
Melanotaenia sahulensis
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
Senckenberg rainbowfish
Melanotaenia senckenbergiana
LC 💧 Freshwater