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It is known under a number of common names including diamond rainbowfish, [3] neon rainbowfish, Praecox rainbowfish, dwarf neon rainbowfish, peacock rainbowfish, and Teczanka neonowa. [4] It is endemic to the Mamberamo River basin in West Papua in Indonesia [ 2 ] and common in the aquarium trade.
Melanotaenia praecox (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) (Neon rainbowfish) Melanotaenia pygmaea G. R. Allen , 1978 (Pygmy rainbowfish) Melanotaenia rubripinnis G. R. Allen & Renyaan , 1998 (Red-finned rainbowfish)
Rainbowfish usually do best with tropical community fish, such as tetras, guppies, and other rainbowfish. However, two males may sometimes fight at breeding season if there are not enough females. However, two males may sometimes fight at breeding season if there are not enough females.
A female individual. The species is a large and muscular rainbowfish, generally attaining a length 15 cm (5.9 in). Individuals are a dark lavender colour at the basic level with a rosy chest. [2] Males have deeper bodies than the females, and have extended fins, as well as the back half of their bodies being coated in a reflective golden-orange.
Melanotaenia maccullochi, the dwarf rainbowfish or McCulloch's rainbowfish, is a species of rainbow fish in the family Melanotaeniidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was described by James Douglas Ogilby in 1915 when he received two samples from Mr. A. Anderson and the fish was named after the ichthyologist Allan Riverstone McCulloch .
Melanotaenia splendida are normally found close to the surface of the deeper pools in small freshwater streams, they also occur in lakes and reservoirs. These fishes are frequently recorded in large schools and these can be found in water varying from clear to turbid and which may or may not have extensive vegetation.
Melanotaenia duboulayi, the crimson-spotted rainbowfish, less commonly known as the Duboulay's rainbowfish, [2] is a species of freshwater fish endemic to coastal eastern Australia, although M. duboulayi has also been kept as an aquarium fish since the early 20th century, and is the original "Australian rainbowfish".
This fish is very hardy and can stand a variety of water qualities. Disease is not a big problem with the black tetra. The black tetra is also known as the black skirt tetra. The female black tetra is more robust and larger than the male. [29] Black morpho tetra: Poecilocharax weitzmani: 4 cm (1.6 in) Bleeding heart tetra: Hyphessobrycon ...