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The-Wolf

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I went and brought some fish without doing research first,
but I couldn't resist these pretty fish.

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any ideas what they are?
the shop had them labled as colourfull rainbows
 
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Rainbows

Common Name: Forktail Blue-eye
Family: Pseudomugilidae
Scientific Name: Pseudomugil furcatus Nichols, 1955
Other Names: Popondetta furcata Allen, 1982; Popondichthys furcatus Allen, 1987
Description
The body colour is yellow-green in both males and females. Dorsal and anal fins in male transparent, with narrow yellow margin. Pelvic and pectoral fins often tinged with red. Caudal fin lobes yellowish with black dorsal and ventral margins. Females caudal fin lobes yellowish, pectoral and pelvic fins transparent. Outer part of second dorsal fin yellowish.

This species was originally named Pseudomugil furcatus in 1955. However, in a review of the family Melanotaeniidae in 1980, they were separated from the Pseudomugil genus and placed in a new genus Popondetta, and were named Popondetta furcata. It was then later discovered that the genus name Popondetta was previously used and in 1987 they underwent another name change and were called Popondichthys furcatus. Two years were to pass and following a review of the Pseudomugil genus in 1989, the Blue-eye group, including Pseudomugil furcatus, were placed in their own family Pseudomugilidae and they were returned to their original name Pseudomugil furcatus.

Distribution
Papua New Guinea between Dyke Ackland and Collingwood bays. They were collected for the first time in 1953 from a small stream near Pumani Village situated in the eastern lowlands of Papua New Guinea. They have also been collected from Safia, in the Musa River valley where they are relatively common in small, clear rainforest streams.

Habitat
They are generally found in small, clear, relatively swift-flowing freshwater streams with abundant aquatic vegetation. Temperature and pH in these streams range from 24-27° Celsius and 7.0-8.0.
 
nice fish paul :hyper:

are they in the new tank with the TBs?

DD
 
Gill said:
Rainbows

Common Name: Forktail Blue-eye
Family: Pseudomugilidae
Scientific Name: Pseudomugil furcatus Nichols, 1955
Other Names: Popondetta furcata Allen, 1982; Popondichthys furcatus Allen, 1987
many thanks Gill
thats just what I needed :thumbs:

I owe you one.

DD no they have gone into my "mini" tank
that is to say they are in the 13 gal with
danio erythromicron and danio nigrofasciatus
 
They are best suited to a species tank as the males become highly aggressive and will nip at other fish constantly, often to the point of death.
 
CFC said:
They are best suited to a species tank as the males become highly aggressive and will nip at other fish constantly, often to the point of death.
thanks for that CFC, I'll keep my eye on them.
I've got seven, one female it would seem. one of the males
only has one eye so he was free :) perhaps that should've
rung some bells about the fighting.
 
I've been considering getting a bunch of those as well. Let us know how they work out and what you find about their personalities, will you?
 
DivaSkyChick said:
I've been considering getting a bunch of those as well. Let us know how they work out and what you find about their personalities, will you?
OMG, do NOT buy! :no:

Forktail Rainbowfish are boring, they just hang around the surface and they are delicate/picky about water, and they aren't really that colourful.

If you are going to buy rainbowfish and have a big enough tank get a school of of the Melanotaenia or Glossolepis species! :nod:
 
blueturq said:
DivaSkyChick said:
I've been considering getting a bunch of those as well.  Let us know how they work out and what you find about their personalities, will you?
OMG, do NOT buy! :no:

Forktail Rainbowfish are boring, they just hang around the surface and they are delicate/picky about water, and they aren't really that colourful.

If you are going to buy rainbowfish and have a big enough tank get a school of of the Melanotaenia or Glossolepis species! :nod:
shut up, they are nice fish
 
blueturq said:
Forktail Rainbowfish are boring, they just hang around the surface....... , and they aren't really that colourful.
What a load of tosh!

mine are all over the tank and the colours have really come out scince they have settled in, as do all fishes colours.

blueturq said:
and they are delicate/picky about water

That is true, I do need to do a 50% water change on their tank every week, but so far I have had no losses. All 7 are still alive.
 

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