Melanotaenia boesemani
Common Names:
Boesemani Rainbowfish
Boseman's Rainbowfish ...
Boesemann
Scientific Name: Melanotaenia boesemani
Family: Melanotaenidae
About the Boesemann
Species Type: Freshwater Fish
Category: Atherinids ...
Scientific Name: Melanotaenia boesemani
Common Name: Boeseman's Rainbowfish
Family: Melanotaeniidae ...
Age of Aquariums Freshwater Fish Boeseman's Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia boesemani
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Photo Credit: Matthius Lettington ...
Melanotaenia boesemani (Rainbow fish). Photo by George Reclos
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An egg layer, Melanotaenia boesemani spawns on moss throughout the course of several days. The fry hatch after six or seven days and require small pieces of live food.
Boeseman's rainbowfish, Melanotaenia boesemani Allen & Cross, 1980.
Blue rainbowfish, Melanotaenia caerulea Allen, 1996.
Waigeo rainbowfish, Melanotaenia catherinae (de Beaufort, 1910).
Corona rainbowfish, Melanotaenia corona Allen, 1982.
Melanotaenia boesemani
SYN : None
PD : An elongated species with lateral compression. The rear edge of the caudal fin is concave and there are two dorsal fins. Fish begin to develop their colors at 2.4" (6 cm) which intensifies with age.
Boeseman's Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia boesemani
Celebes Rainbowfish - Marosatherina ladigesi
Dwarf Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia praecox
Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia lacustris
Madagascar Rainbowfish - Bedotia geayi ...
For example Melanotaenia boesemani named after Marinus Böseman and Carnegiella marthae named after Martha Ruth Myers (Mrs. G. S. Myers). Note that accents are not used so the name Böseman becomes Boeseman (we don't use œ anymore).
 See also: Rainbow, Fish, Rainbowfish, Water, Species
  
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