Cairnsichthys

Cairnsichthys is a genus of rainbowfishes from the subfamily Melanotaeniinae. The genus is endemic to freshwater streams in eastern Queensland in north eastern Australia.^[2] The genus was designated as a monotypic genus in 1928 by John T. Nichols and Henry C. Raven but in 2018 a second species was assigned to the genus.^[3][4]

Cairnsichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Melanotaeniidae
Genus:	Cairnsichthys Allen, 1980
Type species
Rhadinocentrus rhombosomoides Nichols & Raven, 1828[1]

Species

• Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus Allen, Hammer & Raadik, 2018 - Daintree rainbowfish^[5]
• Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides (Nichols & Raven, 1928) - Cairns rainbowfish

Etymology

The genus is named after the Australian city of Cairns with the suffix ichthys which is Greek for "fish".^[6]