i have a rainbowfish....its young so it hasnt gotten its coloration yet, the tag at Petsmart said Australian Rainbowfish gorws up to 4" but online i keep hearing up to 5.5"? Also on petsmart they call it like platy-Austrailian rainbow?????and the other fish that are rainbow fish say they're a species of danio or platy? What does that mean, it it factual?
2007-02-11 09:05:03 · 2 answers · asked by ziddyziddy 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
Rainbowfish are neither platys (a livebearer) or danios (a totally unrelated egglayer). Rainbowfish belong to the family Melanotaeniidae and the closely related blue-eyed rainbowfish to the family Pseudomugilidae. These families are found in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya (Indonesia) .
In the wild, many species are endangered because of human activity and the resulting destruction of habitat. This problem is especially serious for the species from New Guinea. In captivity, rainbowfish readily interbreed, and many of the specimens available in petstores are hybrids or are of poor quality.
Check out this place, it is a pretty good site for info on rainbows.
http://user.aol.com/cebrezzie/aquarium/rainbow.htm
2007-02-11 09:33:47 · answer #1 · answered by 8 In the corner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that means thet it is millians of years old
2007-02-11 17:23:13 · answer #2 · answered by wizzle3p0 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋