Rubostriata Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia rubrostriata
In Stock
Wild Caught
SKU: MBI-RAI-036
Wild-caught Red-striped Rainbowfish is listed under MBI-RAI-036 in 7 cm - 8 cm supplier grades.
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Export Size
7.00 – 8.00 cm
Origin
South-central New Guinea and nearby Arafura Sea/Torres Strait islands; actual collection locality unspecified.
Melanotaenia rubrostriata is a valid New Guinean rainbowfish, formerly treated as a subspecies of splendida. Reference adults have a bluish-green upper body, pale underside, narrow orange to pinkish lines between scale rows and red second dorsal and anal fin membranes. This wild-caught 7-8 cm offer does not specify a collection population or sex.
Confirm the supplier's measured holding water, accepted foods and adult group-housing requirements before receiving. Prepare established filtered accommodation with sheltered margins and swimming space appropriate to the confirmed stock. A single field measurement or another population's aquarium range does not establish this lot's care limits.
MBI-RAI-036 (7 cm - 8 cm): 10 fish per bag; maximum 8 bags per box.
Order minimum: MBI-RAI-036: 20 individual fish. Price is per individual fish. Existing quotation and business terms govern shipment arrangements.
Species Parameters
Export Size Min
7.00 cm
Export Size Max
8.00 cm
Origin
South-central New Guinea and nearby Arafura Sea/Torres Strait islands; actual collection locality unspecified.
Habitat
Lowland freshwater creeks and rivers, with aquatic vegetation, submerged logs and woody debris.
