After Froese & Pauly, 2001

<==o Melanotaenia [Charisella]
   |-- M. affinis (Weber, 1907) (North New Guinea rainbowfish)
   |-- M. ajamaruensis Allen & Cross, 1980 (Ajamaru lakes rainbowfish)
   |-- M. angfa Allen, 1990 (Yakati rainbowfish)
   |-- M. arfakensis Allen, 1990 (Arfak rainbowfish)
   |-- M. batanta Allen & Renyaan, 1998 (Batanta rainbowfish)
   |-- M. boesemani Allen & Cross, 1980 (kultapyrstösateenkaarikala; Boeseman's rainbowfish)
   |-- M. caerulea Allen, 1996 (Blue rainbowfish)
   |-- M. catherinae (de Beaufort, 1910) (Waigeo rainbowfish)
   |-- M. corona Allen, 1982 (Corona rainbowfish)
   |-- M. duboulayi (Castelnau, 1878) (Duboulay's rainbowfish)
   |-- M. eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982 (Lake Eacham rainbowfish)
   |-- M. exquisita Allen, 1978 (Exquisite rainbowfish)
   |-- M. fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)
   |-- M. fredericki (Fowler, 1939) (Sorong rainbowfish)
   |-- M. goldiei (Macleay, 1883) (Goldie River rainbowfish)
   |-- M. gracilis Allen, 1978 (Slender rainbowfish)
   |-- M. herbertaxelrodi Allen, 1981 (Lake Tebera rainbowfish)
   |-- M. irianjaya Allen, 1985 (Irian Jaya rainbowfish)
   |-- M. iris Allen, 1987 (Strickland rainbowfish)
   |-- M. japenensis Allen & Cross, 1980 (Yapen rainbowfish)
   |-- M. kamaka Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Kamaka rainbowfish)
   |-- M. lacustris Munro, 1964 (Lake Kutubu rainbowfish)
   |-- M. lakamora Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Lakamora rainbowfish)
   |-- M. maccullochi Ogilby, 1915 (Macculloch's rainbowfish)
   |-- M. maylandi Allen, 1983 (Mayland's rainbowfish)
   |-- M. misoolensis Allen, 1982 (Misool rainbowfish)
   |-- M. monticola Allen, 1980 (Mountain rainbowfish)
   |-- M. mubiensis Allen, 1996 (Mubi rainbowfish)
   |-- M. nigrans (Richardson, 1843) (Black-banded rainbowfish)
   |-- M. ogilbyi Weber, 1910 (Ogilby's rainbowfish)
   |-- M. oktediensis Allen & Cross, 1980 (Oktedi rainbowfish)
   |-- M. papuae Allen, 1981 (Papuan rainbowfish)
   |-- M. parkinsoni Allen, 1980 (Parkinson's rainbowfish)
   |-- M. parva Allen, 1990 (Lake Kuromai rainbowfish)
   |-- M. pierucciae Allen & Renyaan, 1996 (Pierucci's rainbowfish)
   |-- M. pimaensis Allen, 1981 (Pima River rainbowfish)
   |-- M. praecox (Weber & Beaufort, 1922) (Dwarf rainbowfish)
   |-- M. pygmaea Allen, 1978 (Pygmy rainbowfish)
   |-- M. rubripinnis Allen & Renyaan, 1998 (Red-finned rainbowfish)
   |-- M. sexlineata (Munro, 1964) (Fly River rainbowfish)
   |--o M. splendida (Peters, 1866) (Eastern rainbow fish)
   |  |-- M. s. australis (Castelnau, 1875) (Western rainbowfish)
   |  |-- M. s. inornata (Castelnau, 1875) (Checkered rainbowfish)
   |  |-- M. s. rubrostriata (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) (Red-striped rainbowfish)
   |  |-- M. s. splendida (Peters, 1866) (Eastern rainbow fish)
   |  `-- M. s. tatei (Zietz, 1896) (Desert rainbowfish)
   |-- M. sylvatica Allen, 1997
   |-- M. trifasciata (Rendahl, 1922) (Banded rainbowfish)
   `-- M. vanheurni (Weber & Beaufort, 1922) (Van Heurn's rainbowfish)

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