Slender rainbowfish
Melanotaenia gracilis
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- Scientific name
- Melanotaenia gracilis
- Family
- Melanotaeniidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Melanotaeniidae
- Order
- Atheriniformes
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania
Water
- Temperature
- 22–28 °C
- pH
- 7–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 10–20 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 7.5 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 68 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 75 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 6
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Omnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Endangered (EN)
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