Melanotaenia maccullochi
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| Melanotaenia maccullochi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Melanotaenia |
| Species: | M. maccullochi |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby, 1915 | |
Melanotaenia maccullochi, the dwarf rainbowfish or McCulloch's rainbowfish, is a species of rainbow fish in the family Melanotaeniidae.[1][2] It was described by James Douglas Ogilby in 1915 when he received two samples from Mr. A. Anderson and the fish was named after the ichthyologist Allan Riverstone McCulloch.
Range
Melanotaenia maccullochi lives across Northeastern Australia and Papua New Guinea.[4]
Captivity
Melanotaenia maccullochi is often kept as an aquarium fish. It is fed frozen foods, flakes and granules. They readily breed in captivity.
Size
Melanotaenia maccullochi gets up to about 7.5 cm.[3] However, when they become five months old (the time they reach sexual maturity) they are about 3 cm.[5]
Dimorphism
Melanotaenia maccullochi males are generally more colourful than their female counterparts.