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Bdadawg    Fish Addict Posts: 530 Kudos: 161 Votes: 26 Registered: 04-Feb-2002   | I went to my LFS today and found that they had "Australian Rainbows". Hoping Someone can help with the identify. I searched on the web and they stated Melanotaenia splendida is often sold as Australian Rainbow, and it does have similiar finnage to this one ]http://www.badmanstropicalfish.com/stats/rainbow_stats/stats_rainbow1e.html#checkered_rainbowfish[/link] but coloring that i saw is more similiar to [link=this one Bodies are starting to stretch vertically ... forward facing mouth. Attatched is what my camera saw <g> Thanks, Bdadawg Bdadawg attached this image:  |
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| Bdadawg Fish Addict Posts: 530 Kudos: 161 Votes: 26 Registered: 04-Feb-2002 | Sorry forgot to mention they do have a horizontal stripe at the lateral line. Another pic Bdadawg attached this image:  |
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| Bdadawg Fish Addict Posts: 530 Kudos: 161 Votes: 26 Registered: 04-Feb-2002 | and since i havent igured out how to put more than one pic in a reply yet ... Bdadawg attached this image:  |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:22 | |
bettachris  Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | not sure, but those are the type that i wanted. maybe checkered rainbows. but i am not an expert. |
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| Curare Enthusiast Posts: 196 Kudos: 130 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jun-2004  | They definetely look like M. splendida splendida. I.e Chequered rainbows. Might be worth seeing if you can find where they came from as each individual creek has slight colour variations. |
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ACIDRAIN   Moderator Posts: 3162 Kudos: 1381 Votes: 416 Registered: 14-Jan-2002  | Yes, they are M. splendida, splendida. The red lines on the back half of the body, such as show up nicely on the last pic, on the fish to the right, are a classic sign. There is always a bigger fish... |
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| Bdadawg Fish Addict Posts: 530 Kudos: 161 Votes: 26 Registered: 04-Feb-2002 | Thanks for all those who posted. My LFS is a great place to get fish (cheap well taken care of). However the fisheries he buys from arent real great about giving good names. So i usually end up either buying them or if really uncertain ... going home researching them then driving back another 45 mins to get there. Bdadawg |
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