After Dyer & Chernoff, 1996, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001- [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Melanotaeniinae [Melanotaeniidae sensu Nelson, 1994] (sateenkaarikalat; rainbowfishes) [N: 6 genera/53 species] [FB: 5/62]
   |?- Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides (Nichols & Raven, 1928) Allen (Cairns rainbowfish)
   |?- Iriatherina werneri Meinken, 1974 (Threadfin rainbowfish)
   |?- Rhadinocentrus ornatus Regan, 1914 (Ornate rainbowfish)
   |--o Glossolepis Weber ()? [7]
   |  |-- G. incisus Weber, 1907 (Red rainbowfish)
   |  |-- G. leggetti Allen & Renyaan, 1998 (Leggett's rainbowfish)
   |  |-- G. maculosus Allen, 1981 (Spotted rainbowfish)
   |  |-- G. multisquamatus (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) (Sepik rainbowfish)
   |  |-- G. pseudoincisus Allen & Cross, 1980 (Tami River rainbowfish)
   |  |-- G. ramuensis Allen, 1985 (Ramu rainbowfish)
   |  `-- G. wanamensis Allen & Kailola, 1979 (Lake Wanam rainbowfish)
   `--+-- Melanotaenia Gill [Charisella] [32 species]
      `--o Chilatherina Regan ()? [9]
         |-- C. axelrodi Allen, 1979 (Axelrod's rainbowfish)
         |-- C. bleheri Allen, 1985 (Bleher's rainbowfish)
         |-- C. bulolo (Whitley, 1938) (Bulolo rainbowfish)
         |-- C. campsi (Whitley, 1957) (Highlands rainbowfish)
         |-- C. crassispinosa (Weber, 1913) (Silver rainbowfish)
         |-- C. fasciata (Weber, 1913) (Barred rainbowfish)
         |-- C. lorentzii (Weber, 1907) (Lorentz's rainbowfish)
         |-- C. pricei Allen & Renyaan, 1996
         `-- C. sentaniensis (Weber, 1907) (Sentani rainbowfish)

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