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Indostomus paradoxus
Synonyms: None
Common Names:
Armoured stickleback
Family: Indostomidae
Continent:
Asia
Distribution:
Myanmar, Cambodia
Habitat:
Slow moving rivers, ditches & canals
Food:
small live food
Water Temperature: 24-28°C
Water pH:
6.5-7.5
FBAS Size:
25mm
FBAS Class:
M
Additional Information:
A bottom living species which rarely move except to feed. It gets its name,
paradoxus, from the fact it is unlike any other fish and is was only members of its family until 1999, when I. crocodilus and I. spinosus
were described.
Iriatherina werneri
Synonyms:
none
Common Names:
Threadfin Rainbow
Family: Melanontaeniidae
Continent:
Australia
Distribution:
Northern Australia, New Guinea
Habitat:
Slow moving rivers, swamps & ponds
Food:
small live food
Water Temperature: 26-30°C
Water pH:
5.5-7.5
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 but the fry are difficult to raise at first, needing infusoria or liquid foods. Females do not have extended
fins
Lepisosteus osseus
Synonyms: Lepisosteus gavial
Common Names: Long-nose Gar
Family: Lepisosteidae
Continent:
North America
Distribution:
Quebec to Mexico
Habitat: fresh & brackish waters in slow moving rivers, and
pools
Food: live food
Water Temperature: 23-28°C
Water pH:
pH 7 upwards
FBAS Size: 900mm
FBAS Class:
M
Additional Information:
 Melanotaenia
trifasciata (Goyder River)
Synonyms: Rhombosoma trifasciata
Common Name:
Banded Rainbow (Goyder River), Jewel Rainbowfish
Family: Melanontaeniidae
Continent:
Australia
Distribution:
Goyder River
Habitat: slow moving rivers, swamps & ponds
Food: small live food
Water Temperature: 23-28°C
Water pH:
pH 7 with slight variations.
FBAS Size: 110mm
FBAS Class:
Mc
Additional Information:
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.
(image & text copyright: R. Kirkup)
 Monodactylus
argenteus
Synonyms: Chaetodon argenteus
Common Name:
Mono, Finger Fish, Silver Moony
Family:
Monodactylidae
Continent:
Africa, Asia
Distribution:
Habitat: sea, brackish water streams & mangrove swamps
Food:
any live or prepared food
Water Temperature: 21-28°C
Water pH:
pH 7 or more, brackish preferred but will tolerate slight variations.
FBAS Size:
150mm
FBAS Class:
M
Additional Information:
 Pantodon
buchholtzi
Synonyms: Pantodon buchholzi macrolepis
Common Name: Butterfly Fish, Freshwater Butterfly Fish
Family:
Pantodonidae
Continent:
Africa
Distribution:
Rio Yagaujal, Dominican Republic
Habitat: Cameroon, Zaire, Nigeria
Food:
aquatic & terrestrial invertebrates, and fish
Water Temperature: 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
Synonyms: Pseudomugil signata, Atherina signata
Common Name: Pacific Blue-eye, Northern blue-eye
Family: Pseudomugilidae
Continent:
Australia
Distribution:
Queensland
Habitat:
slow moving rivers, swamps & ponds
Food:
small live food
Water Temperature: 20-27°C
Water pH:
ph 70-7.8
FBAS Size:
40mm
FBAS Class:
Mc
Additional Information:
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 killifish.
(image & text copyright: R. Kirkup)
 Tateurndina
ocellicauda
Synonyms: none
Common Name:
Peacock Gudgeon
Family:
Gobiidae
Continent:
Australasia
Distribution:
Papua New Guinea
Habitat: streams & small rivers
Food:
small live food, and prepared food
Water Temperature: 23-26°C
Water pH:
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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