Dwarf Rainbowfish

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Family: Melanotaeniidae
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Dwarf Rainbowfish, McCulloch's Rainbow
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Distribution Northeastern Australia, York peninsula and Southern Papua New Guinea.

Dwarf Rainbowfish, Black-lined Rainbowfish [ Pictures ]
Melanotaenia maccullochi
SYN : Nematocentris maccullochi
PD : An elongated and laterally compressed fish with a small head and a large eye.

Lake Kuomai rainbowfish
Sunset dwarf rainbowfish
Melanotaeniidae
Melanotaenia praecox ...

The Poeciliidae, familiar ovoviviparous "livebearers" are the subject of Chapter 15. The group includes the sailfin mollies and mosquitofishes. It also includes the siversides, a marine group related to the dwarf rainbowfishes of Australia.

Dwarf rainbowfish, Melanotaenia praecox (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922).
Pygmy rainbowfish, Melanotaenia pygmaea Allen, 1978.
Red-finned rainbowfish, Melanotaenia rubripinnis Allen & Renyaan, 1998.

See also: Rainbow, Rainbowfish, Dwarf, Fish, Water