@article{fdi:010064861, title = {{E}ight new species of {R}ainbowfishes ({M}elanotaeniidae) from the {B}irds {H}ead {R}egion, {W}est {P}apua, {I}ndonesia}, author = {{N}ugraha, {M}. {F}. {I}. and {K}adarusman, and {H}ubert, {N}icolas and {A}varre, {J}ean-{C}hristophe and {H}adiaty, {R}. {K}. and {S}lembrouck, {J}acques and {C}arman, {O}. and {S}udarto, and {O}gisitra, {R}. and {P}ouyaud, {L}aurent}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{E}ight new species of {R}ainbowfishes are described from the {B}irds {H}ead region by combining a cytochrome oxydase {I} gene ({COI}) phylogeny, 12 microsatellite loci and diagnostic morphological characters. {T}he new species {M}elanotaenia klasioensis, {M}. longispina and {M}. susii belong to the "{C}entral {A}yamaru {P}lateau" cluster in the {COI} phylogeny and are genetically allied to {M}. ajamaruensis, {M}. boesemani, {M}. ericrobertsi and {M}. fasinensis. {A} {F}actorial {C}omponent {A}nalysis made on the multilocus microsatellite genotypes reveals that these new species are genetically distinct from each other and from other species known from the area. {W}ith the same approach, we also describe {M}. manibuii, a species belonging to the "{N}orthern {B}irds {H}ead" mitochondrial clade and {M}. sembrae, a species genetically close to {M}. multiradiata. {T}hree additional new species, {M}. naramasae, {M}. rumberponensis and {M}. sikuensis, belong to the "{B}irds {N}eck" cluster and are genetically allied to {M}. angfa and {M}. parva. {T}he microsatellite markers were also used to distinguish {M}. angfa from {M}. parva, two species sharing the same mitochondrial haplotype. {F}or the sake of comparison, the equivalent morphometric data are provided in appendix for the 20 valid species already described from the {B}irds {H}ead area.}, keywords = {{M}elanotaeniidae ; {M}elanotaenia longispina ; {M}elanotaenia susii ; {M}elanotaenia klasioensis ; {M}elanotaenia sembrae ; {M}elanotaenia manibuii ; {M}elanotaenia naramasae ; {M}elanotaenia sikuensis ; {M}elanotaenia rumberponensis ; {A}ustralia ; {N}ew {G}uinea ; {N}ew species ; {INDONESIE} ; {PAPOUASIE} {NOUVELLE} {GUINEE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{C}ybium}, volume = {39}, numero = {2}, pages = {99--130}, ISSN = {0399-0974}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.26028/cybium/2015-392-003}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064861}, }