salawati, Melanotaenia Kadarusman [no initials], Sudarto [no initials], Slembrouck [J.] & Pouyaud [L.] 2011:226, Figs. 2-3 [Cybium v. 35 (no. 3); ref. 31665] Near Waipule village, 1°1.128'S, 130°41.407'E, Doktor Creek, Salawati Island, Raja Ampat Group, just west of Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. Holotype: MZB 17710. Paratypes: MZB 17711 (5), MNHN 2010-0030 (5), RMNH.PISC 35875 (5). •Valid as Melanotaenia salawati Kadarusman, Sudarto, Slembrouck & Pouyaud 2011 -- (Allen et al. 2014:44 [ref. 33145], Allen et al. 2014:145 [ref. 33452], Nugraha et al. 2015:105 [ref. 33872]). Current status: Valid as Melanotaenia salawati Kadarusman, Sudarto, Slembrouck & Pouyaud 2011. Melanotaeniidae. Distribution: Salawati Island, West Papua, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater.