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Species in the genus Iriatherina: [ 2 ] records

jardinensis, Iriatherina Mayland [H. J.] 1979:325, Fig. [Tropische Aquarienfische; ref. 40282] Jardine River, Cape York, northeast Australia. Never described by Allen. •Nomen nudum, in the synonymy of Iriatherina werneri Meinken 1974. Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Iriatherina werneri Meinken 1974. Melanotaeniidae.

werneri, Iriatherina Meinken [H.] 1974:9, Figs. [Das Aquarium mit Aqua Terra v. 8 (no. 55); ref. 2973] Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Holotype: SMF (spec. still with author). Paratypes: SMF (5) still with author. •Valid as Iriatherina werneri Meinken 1974 -- (Roberts 1978:50 [ref. 8886], Paxton et al. 1989:349 [ref. 12442], Aarn & Ivantsoff 1997:124 [ref. 23322], Pusey et al. 2000:72 [ref. 24466], Allen et al. 2000:74 [ref. 27467], Unmack 2001:1061 [ref. 25797], Allen et al. 2002:144 [ref. 25930], Allen et al. 2006:690 [ref. 29066], Allen et al. 2008:89 [ref. 30265], Larson et al. 2013:59 [ref. 32988], Pusey et al. 2017:36 [ref. 35250]). Current status: Valid as Iriatherina werneri Meinken 1974. Melanotaeniidae. Distribution: Central-southern New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) and northern Australia. Habitat: freshwater.