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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 ...
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.
Also known as golden wrasse, golden rainbowfish, and canary wrasse; scientific name halichoeres chrysus. Maximum length: 5.5 inches Wild habitat: Australia, Indonesia.
Rainbowfish usually eat floating flakes in captivity, because in the wild they will often eat insects floating on the surface. In a home setting, these fish need well-oxygenated water with a pH level of 6.8 – 7.2, optimal temperatures varying between 72 and 82 °F (22 and 28 °C), and plenty of aquatic plants to give them hiding places amid ...
Same thing goes for the "Dwarf neon rainbowfish" -- it's a Neon rainbowfish sans Dwarf. If no one objects, I'll fix them and list a few. As an aside, quoted sizes I will add to the lists are known sizes reported by rainbowfish hobbyists such as myself and won't even come close, in some respects, to what fishbase may have.
The Indian threadfish (Alectis indica), also known as the Indian threadfin, diamond trevally, mirror fish or plumed trevally, is a large species of coastal marine fish of the jack family, Carangidae. The species is widespread in the waters of the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean , ranging from east Africa to India , Asia , Indonesia and Australia .
The Atlantic threadfin is a medium-sized species of threadfin which grows to a maximum total length of 30 centimetres (12 in), although most fish have a total length of around 25 centimetres (9.8 in). [2] It has a pointed snout and an almost straight dorsal profile on its head. [3]