Caryl Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 Can anyone ID these 2 rainbows for me? I am pretty sure the first one is Melanotaenia Maccullochi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 Pardon the spots on the glass I have looked on the Net but every pic I find is different! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_from_nz Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 m. maccullochi has fine lines like the bottom picture ciuld be that and the top picture looks like it could be m.nigrans but i am only guessing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 The bottom one definitely looks like a M. Maccullochi (I'm pretty certain on that one). The first one I don't think is maccullochi, I also doubt nigrans. The mix of fine orange and brown lines has more in common with M. exquisita and M. papuae - admittedly they're not exact matches with pictures on the internet - there is a lot of regional variation in rainbowfish colouring though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 I know one of them is the maccullochi but I thought it was the top one :-? 2 claim it is the bottom one so I will go with the consensus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 The top ones were retailing as "red tailed/finned maccullochi" but this was just a convenient label put on them by some wholesaler IMO - there is a redfinned variety though they still have black lines running the length of the body (and the lines are both above and below the mid line). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midas Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 I have one of these fish too. I had thought that it was M. splendida australis, although there are many colour variations within this sub species. It was sold as a 'Red Tailed Rainbow' which I agree with Rob is probably something a wholesaler has come up with. Here is my fish: Compare that with this fish: Which is taken from this website: http://www.australianrainbowfish.com/australian_fish/australian_fishes_index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 The bottom one matches more, the top one is totally a different shape. Thanks for the help, I will assume it is the M splendida australis. If it isn't and the judges disqualify it I am not too worried. At least it is an entry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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