rainbowfish
melanotaeniidae latin

It may be slightly more carnivorous than most of the Australian rainbowfish.

As the common name rainbowfish implies, they are generally colorful fishes.

Like rainbowfish, they spawn all year round, and attach their eggs to vegetation.

The black-banded rainbowfish is a popular freshwater aquarium species, especially in Australia.

Australian rainbowfish are colourful fish, hence their name.

The black-banded rainbowfish is found in freshwater rivers and streams across northern Australia.

Australian rainbowfish are schooling fish and will congregate near logs or riverbanks.

Crimson-spotted rainbowfish are still very popular with aquarists internationally.

It is also known as turquoise rainbowfish.

The Celebes rainbowfish is a peaceful aquarium fish.

Another rainbowfish, Glossolepis incisus has a similar range.

With a preference for shallow, abundant plant life, this rainbowfish lives in a foothill region surrounded by jungle.

Rainbowfish are omnivorous, feeding on small crustaceans, insect larvae, and algae.

M. duboulayi has also been kept in aquariums since the early 20th century, and is the original Australian Rainbowfish.

The mountain rainbowfish (Melanotaenia monticola) is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family.

Australian rainbowfish are omnivorous.

The rainbowfish Glossolepis leggetti and Melanotaenia rubripinnis are only known from this river system.

Fragile fishes, or fishes that get nervous around more active fish, such as the discus and threadfin rainbowfish.

Melanotaenia is a genus of rainbowfish from Australia, New Guinea and nearby smaller islands.

Pelangia mbutaensis is a species of rainbowfish endemic to West Papua in Indonesia.

Rainbowfish are popular aquarium fish along with Pseudomugil blue-eyes, which are another small, colourful fish found in a similar range and habitats.

Glossolepis incisus (Red rainbowfish)

Glossolepis maculosus (Spotted rainbowfish)

Rainbow sharks are also compatible with barbs and rainbowfish, which are upper- and middle-tank dwellers.

Melanotaenia australis (Western rainbowfish)

Melanotaenia caerulea is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family.

This group is considered by Nelson, 2006 Fishes of the World to be a subfamily of the family Melanotaeniidae.

The sister-group relationship between Bedotiidae and Melanotaeniidae is most parsimoniously explained by the break-up of Gondwana.

The Lake Wanam rainbowfish (Glossolepis wanamensis) is a critically endangered species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family.

A new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae: Melanotaenia), from Batanta Island, western New Guinea.

Following Nelson (2006), the family Melanotaeniidae includes the subfamilies Bedotiinae, Melanotaeniinae, Pseudomugilinae, and Telmatherininae, to demonstrate their monophyly.

In a 2004, this family is placed in a suborder Melanotaenioidei which includes the sister groups Bedotiidae and Melanotaeniidae as well as Pseudomugilidae (including Telmatherinidae).

However, in a 2004 study, a different classification scheme classifies the families Bedotiidae, Melanotaeniidae, and Pseudomugilidae (also include Telmatherinine genera) in a suborder Melanotaenioidei.