Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Family Melanotaeniidae Higher classification Melanotaenia | |
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Similar Melanotaenia, Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia trifasciata, Dwarf rainbowfish, Lake Kutubu rainbowfish | ||
Native fish black banded rainbowfish melanotaenia nigrans kakadu national park
The black-banded rainbowfish (Melanotaenia nigrans) is a species of rainbow fish belonging to the Melanotaeniidae family. The species is endemic to Australia. Importantly, the species is the type species of the family Melanotaeniidae
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Black banded rainbowfish and a choir of little corellas
Distribution
The black-banded rainbowfish is found in freshwater rivers and streams across northern Australia. Populations of the species occur on the Cape York Peninsula, in freshwater rivers and streams along the northernmost coast of the Northern Territory and in the eastern Kimberley.
In the aquarium
The black-banded rainbowfish is a popular freshwater aquarium species, especially in Australia. The species favours water temperatures between 23 and 28 °C and acidic pH ranges between 5.5 and 7.
References
Black-banded rainbowfish Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA