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Chilatherina is a genus of rainbowfishes that is endemic to freshwater in New Guinea.

Chilatherina
Chilatherina fasciata male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Melanotaeniidae
Subfamily:	Melanotaeniinae
Genus:	Chilatherina Regan, 1914
Type species
Rhombatractus fasciatus Weber, 1913

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

• 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[2]
• Chilatherina pricei G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Price's rainbowfish)[3]
• Chilatherina sentaniensis (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Sentani rainbowfish)

References

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