Some Of My Local Rainbow Fish

[Baccus]

I caught these guys a while ago as tiny little fellas that have now grown to impressive sizes, their subtle colours still blow me away when you catch them in just the right light at a good angle.
 
They are most likely Melanotaenia splendida
 

 

 

 
If they get any bigger I suspect the 4ft tank will no longer be big enough and they will have to go down to the 1000L pond.

 

[cooledwhip]

That is awesome. You are so lucky to have rainbows practically in your backyard.

 

[BettaBettas]

up that comment ^, also endlers mix with rainbows probably look super duper pretty!

 

[cooledwhip]

Would you ship these guys out? Wild caught rainbowfish would be very cool in a tank.

 

[ZephyrStarPlaties]

These look exactly like my rainbow, who I've been struggling to identify! Lovely fish.

 

[Baccus]

Would you ship these guys out? Wild caught rainbowfish would be very cool in a tank.

 
No I would not ship any wild caught native fish over seas, my government would most likely take a very dim view of if.
 
 

These look exactly like my rainbow, who I've been struggling to identify! Lovely fish.

 
M. splendida is quite common largely I think because they have such as large range in the wild. I have no idea however just how wide spread they would be overseas in the hobby, I do know however that most the of the rainbow fish readily hybridise and almost every creek system has its own subtle variations.