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Threadfin rainbowfish do well in aquariums of 20 US gallons (76 L), however 30 US gallons (110 L) is preferred. They are best housed in a "species only" tank; meaning that the tank is reserved for the Threadfins alone. Because of their tiny mouths, they can be difficult to feed.
Ranging in length from 11 cm (4.5 in) in the dwarf threadfin (Parapolynemus verekeri) to 2 m (6.6 ft) in fourfinger threadfin (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) and giant African threadfin (Polydactylus quadrifilis), threadfins are both important to commercial fisheries as a food fish, and popular among anglers. Their habit of forming large schools ...
Bleher's rainbowfish: Chilatherina bleheri: 12 cm (4.7 in) Red rainbowfish: Glossolepis incisus: 9–13 cm (3.5–5.1 in) Almost all rainbowfish species are bred in captivity and wild populations may be protected. [66] Threadfin rainbowfish: Iriatherina werneri: 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in) New Guinea rainbowfish: Melanotaenia affinis: 13 cm (5.1 in)
Also known as golden wrasse, golden rainbowfish, and canary wrasse; scientific name halichoeres chrysus. Maximum length: 5.5 inches Wild habitat: Australia, Indonesia.
Eleutheronema tetradactylum, the fourfinger threadfin, known as ranwas in India is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a threadfin from the family Polynemidae which occurs in the Indian and western Pacific Ocean.
Polydactylus is a genus of threadfin that mainly are native to the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, especially in coastal or brackish waters (such as mangrove or estuaries). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Some may even enter rivers and a single, P. macrophthalmus , is a freshwater fish from rivers in Borneo .
Their is a Boeseman's Rainbowfish, Praecox Rainbowfish, Lake Katubu Rainbowfish, Madagascan Rainbowfish, Australian Rainbowfish and Threadfin Rainbowfish. CorreyBonnick 17:28, 2 March 2007 (UTC) [ reply ]
Many species of fish are found in the river including Sailfin Glassfish, Macleay's Glassfish, Barred Grunter, Fly-specked Hardyhead and Pennyfish, Goby, Flathead Goby, Giant Gudgeon, Empire Gudgeon, Threadfin Rainbowfish, Barramundi, Diamond Mullet, Rainbowfish, Western Rainbowfish, Black-banded Rainbowfish, Chequered Rainbowfish, Bony Bream, Black Catfish, Rendahl's Catfish, Seven-spot ...