| Melanotaenia | |
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| Melanotaenia boesemani | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Subfamily: | Melanotaeniinae |
| Genus: | Melanotaenia T. N. Gill, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Atherina nigrans J. Richardson, 1843
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| Synonyms | |
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Aida Castelnau, 1875 | |
Melanotaenia is a genus of rainbowfish from Australia, Indonesia (West Papua), New Guinea, and nearby smaller islands.