sahulensis, Melanotaenia Hammer [M. P.], Allen [G. R.], Martin [K. C.], Adams [M.] & Unmack [P. J.] 2019:218, Figs. 5C-D, 7, 9B [Zootaxa 4701 (no. 3); ref. 37131] Pahoturi River, Sigabadu, Papua New Guinea, 09°14.75ʹS, 142°44.05ʹE, depth less than 1 meter. Holotype: WAM P.26757-001. Paratypes: AMS I.21008-005 (105);QM I.21792 (1), I.27642 (13), I.38845 (5), I.39247 (7), I.39613 (1), I.39862 (2), I.39872 (1), I.39886 (2); WAM P.26555-001 (11), P.27818-001 (43), P.28149-002 (9), P.31342-008 (2). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Melanotaenia sahulensis Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack 2019 -- (Hammer 2020:1497 [ref. 37295]). Current status: Valid as Melanotaenia sahulensis Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack 2019. Melanotaeniidae. Distribution: Australia: northeastern Cape York Peninsula (Queensland); southern central New Guinea (West Papua, Indonesia; Papua New Guinea). Habitat: freshwater.