Rainbowfishes
Species are in alphabetical order according to their Latin names ...
Rainbowfishes
Boeseman's Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani)
Neon (Dwarf) Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia praecox) ...
Rainbowfishes
Bleher's Rainbowfish (Chilatherina bleheri)
Dority's Rainbowfish (Glossolepis dorityi)
Featherfin Rainbowfish (Iriatherina werneri)
Lake Wanam Rainbowfish (Glossolepis wanamensis)
Madagascar Rainbowfish (Bedotia geayi) ...
Like most other rainbowfishes. A very easy to keep fish. This fish hails from a lake that is heavy in vegitation, and they are mostly found near the outlet of the lake into the river, where the vegitation is even more dense.
Throughout the world there are concerned aquarists in the ranks of specialty organizations involved with livebearers, killifishes, cichlids, rainbowfishes, etc.
au> wrote: > Perhaps the best way to start is to get hold of a copy of the book > "Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua New Guinea" by Dr. Gerald R. Allen > and Norbert J. Cross.
Madagascar rainbowfish are not in the Melanotaeniidae (Rainbowfishes) or **Pseudomugilidae (Blue-eyes) families and are thus not classified as true Rainbowfish. They belong in the Bedotiidae (Madagascar rainbowfishes) family.
a group of at least six; good tankmate for almost any non-aggressive fish such as other danios, smaller barbs, rasbora, characins, anabantids, dwarf cichlids, catfish and loaches. Its adaptability allow it to accompany livebearers and rainbowfishes.
Though currently in a separate family, there is ongoing debate as to whether they should actually be included as a subfamily of the Melanotaeniidae family. Another close relative are the Madagascar Rainbowfishes in the family Bedotiidae with 2 ...
Rainbowfish are small, extremely colorful fish that adapt well to a variety of water conditions
In earlier days of the aquarium hobby, rainbowfishes were known as sunfish. When exactly this group was called rainbowfish nobody really knows.
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.
 See also: Rainbowfish, Rainbow, Water, Species, Fish
  
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