Rainbowfish Care Guides
Melanotaeniidae and blue eyes - active, colourful schoolers from Australia and New Guinea.
Boesemani Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia boesemani
A spectacular rainbowfish, blue at the front fading to flaming orange at the rear.
Neon Dwarf Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia praecox
A small, shimmering neon-blue rainbowfish with red fins, ideal for community tanks.
Threadfin Rainbowfish
Iriatherina werneri
A delicate rainbowfish with extraordinary flowing, thread-like fins.
Murray River Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia fluviatilis
A hardy, cool-tolerant Australian native rainbowfish, perfect for unheated tanks.
Red Rainbowfish
Glossolepis incisus
A large rainbowfish whose dominant males turn an intense brick-red.
Pacific Blue Eye
Pseudomugil signifer
A sparkling Australian native nano fish with brilliant blue eyes.
Celebes Rainbowfish
Marosatherina ladigesi
A delicate rainbowfish with yellow-and-blue flag-like fins, likes hard water.
Forktail Rainbowfish
Pseudomugil furcatus
A small blue-eye rainbowfish with bright yellow forked fins.
Banded Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia trifasciata
A brilliant Australian native rainbowfish with a bold mid-body band.
Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia lacustris
A stunning sky-blue rainbowfish, peaceful and hardy.
Crimson Spotted Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia duboulayi
A hardy east-coast Australian native rainbowfish, great for unheated tanks.
Pseudomugil Gertrudae
Pseudomugil gertrudae
The spotted blue-eye, a sparkling nano rainbowfish for soft, warm tanks.
Honey Blue Eye
Pseudomugil mellis
A delicate Australian native blue-eye, golden and peaceful for nano tanks.
Western Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia australis
A hardy Australian native rainbowfish that colours up beautifully in groups.