Rainbowfish Identification

[milosilo]

Hello - can a rainbowfish expert help please?
 
I am new to the forum so hello everyone, and thank you in advance for your help.
 
I keep a variety of rainbowfish in my tank. I bought a group of 3 when they were juveniles. I believed they were Parkinsons rainbowfish. As they grew up they started to look slightly different, and now they are young adults they are completely different. Im not sure which one is parkinsons and which one is something else. Two of them are one type and one is another type. Their fins etc are exactly the same shape (except the caudal fin on the more orange one).
 
Here are pics to help:
 

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The more orange type is at the bottom, the other type is top right.
 
Here are the two types face to face
 

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Here is a better picture of the paler type.

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Any help appreciated!
 

 

[Ch4rlie]

Pic one looks like - Boesemani Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani)
http/www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=4573
 
Pic 3 is your Parkinsons Rainbowfish I believe
 
Nice fish BTW, i like the colourings you have on these. Nice one! 

 

[milosilo]

Thanks for your reply I actually have 6 boesemani, you can see one in the background of pic 2. They are clearly blue and yellow, and they are a shorter body shape. These guys are a longer body type , with more elaborate fins. They are a silver and orange rather than blue.
 
The colours are lovely, that's why I keep them, the LFS never do them justice as they are often young and scared.

 

[Tongue_Flicker]

Pic one looks like - Boesemani Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani)
http/www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=4573
 
Pic 3 is your Parkinsons Rainbowfish I believe
 
Nice fish BTW, i like the colourings you have on these. Nice one! 

+1

 

[milosilo]

Top one is one of my Boesemani. He is more of a 'normal' fish shape, where these ones are longer with more elaborate fins. Plus the Boesemani are half blue, but these are half silver.
 
Side by side:
 
Boesemani
 

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