Yellow Eeltail Catfish; Tandanus Tandanus; Neosilurus Ater; Fork-Tailed Cat Fish; Barcoo River Catfish; Murray … Davies Creek Rainbow; Dawson River Rainbow; Deep Water Creek Rainbow; Doublayi Rainbow - Kangaroo Creek; Eubanangee Swamp; Goyder; Hidden Valley Rainbow; Murray River; Neon Rainbow; Oyster Creek rainbow ; Parkinsoni Rainbow ; Salmon Red Rainbows - Incisus; Catfish. The fish was known for many years as the crimson-spotted rainbowfish, it is now more commonly referred to as the Murray river rainbow-fish. This smaller sized rainbow is very nice, developing distinctive red stripes along the body and red spotted fins.
Most dwarf Rainbow varieties will grow to a maximum of 1.5" (4-5cm) and look great as a large school in a big aquarium. Find out what is currently in stock. Full list of Smith's Aquariums Australian Rainbow fish range. The Utchee Creek Rainbowfish Melanotaenia utcheensis, male, Utchee Creek, South Johnstone R., northeast Queensland, from McGuigan (2001) The species was previously regarded as being a colour variety of either the Regal Rainbowfish, M. trifasciataor the Eastern Rainbowfish…
The grow to a maximum length of about 9cm in aquariums. Melanotaenia utcheensis belongs to an old rainbowfish lineage whose closest relative is M. duboulayi. Toggle navigation.
Colouration varies with sex. Best kept in a planted tank with some open swimming space.
Alaska Department of Fish & Game habitat biologists Michael Mazzacavallo and Megan Marie measure a small rainbow trout and larger coho salmon captured from Chester Creek …
Its scientific name is, Melanotaenia fluviatilis. The observation of various morphs of M. utcheensis from different streams and stream reaches indicates that populations may have been isolated from each other for some time. Some Rainbows will stay very small, such as Threadfin Rainbowfish. As a direct result of some of this research, the Utchee Creek Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia utcheensis) was described as a new species in 2000, with populations known from Utchee, Fisher, Rankin and Short Creeks in the North and South Johnstone River catchments (McGuigan 2001). The Threadfin Rainbowfish grows to a maximum of 1" and has beautiful long fins and mirrored scales.