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Fish Information (AOS)
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 Iriatheriana
werneri
Common Name:
Threadfin Rainbow
Family: Melanontaeniidae
Continent:
Australia
Distribution:
Northern Australia, New Guinea
Habitat:
Slow moving rivers, swamps & ponds
Food:
small live food
Water Conditions
26-30°C, soft, acidic water preferred but will tolerate slight variations.
FBAS Size:
45mm (male), 35mm (female)
FBAS Class:
Mc
Additional Information:
This is a shoaling fish which prefers to live in groups of 5 or more. It breeds readily in the aquarium.
 Melanotaenia
trifasciata (Goyder River)
Common Name:
Australian banded rainbow, variety Goyder River
Family: Melanontaeniidae
Continent:
Australia
Distribution:
Habitat:
Slow moving rivers, swamps & ponds
Food:
small live food
Water Conditions
23-28°C, pH 7 with slight variations.
FBAS Size: 110mm
FBAS Class:
Mc
Additional Information:
(image & text copyright: R. Kirkup)
Banded rainbows are found only in Australia its close cousin in New Guinea is ‘Melanotaenia Affinis’. Deep body pinched in head and central body stripe are characteristic of mature fish 3-8 year old. This species has a vast range
in tropical Northern Australia with several river systems holding a variety of colour variations, the one shown is my favorite the one I won the championship with in 1987, Goyder River, and you will only find these
through
dedicated British breeders, as Australia does not allow fish to be exported. Shipping there eggs however is a different matter. Commercial breeders tend to harvest eggs from several species at a time and they will
cross breed! The fish scatter adhesive eggs, which will stick to anything. Eggs can be picked of spawning mops like the eggs of killiefish though they are smaller with a hatch-time seven days.
 Monodactylus
argenteum
Common Name:
Mono, Finger Fish
Family:
Monodactylidae
Continent:
Africa, Asia
Distribution:
Habitat: sea, brackish water streams & mangrove swamps
Food:
any live or prepared food
Water Conditions
21-28°C, brackish preferred but will tolerate slight variations.
FBAS Size:
150mm
FBAS Class:
M
Additional Information:
 Pantodon
buchholtzi
Common Name:
Butterfly Fish
Family:
Pantodonidae
Continent:
Africa
Distribution:
Rio Yagaujal, Dominican Republic
Habitat: Cameroon, Zaire, Nigeria
Food:
aquatic & terrestrial invertebrates, and fish
Water Conditions
22-30°C
FBAS Size:
100mm
FBAS Class:
M
Additional Information:
Bred in captivity; males have a notch in the lower portion of the tail. Egg float in a globule of oil.
 Pseudomugil
signifer
Common Name:
Townsville Blue-eye Rainbow
Family: Pseudomugilidae
Continent:
Australia
Distribution:
Queensland
Habitat:
slow moving rivers, swamps & ponds
Food:
small live food
Water Conditions
23-28°C, pH5 but will tolerate slight variations.
FBAS Size:
40mm
FBAS Class:
Mc
Additional Information:
(image & text copyright: R. Kirkup)
Blue eyes are found in Australia & New Guinea. And although rainbows do not grow as large as the Melanoteania / Glosolepis species we normally see. Ideal tank companion for the popular galaxy rasbora? And for the
popular nano aquariums which are now big sellers! These fish attaches eggs to spawning mops as other larger rainbows yet there eggs are bigger and can be picked off like the eggs of killiefish.
 Tateurndina
ocellicauda
Common Name:
Peacock Gudgeon
Family:
Gobiidae
Continent:
Australasia
Distribution:
Papua New Guinea
Habitat: streams & small rivers
Food:
small live food, and prepared food
Water Conditions
23-26°C, soft, acidic water preferred but it is a hardy fish which will tolerate most normal aquarium conditions.
FBAS Size:
55mm
FBAS Class:
M
Additional Information:
Males develop a hump on their head with age. Easy to breed (first bred in this country by John Skillcorn in the early 1980s), eggs hang from the top and sides of caves or plant pots, and are guarded devotedly by the
males. Females must be removed as they will eat the young at the first opportunity.
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