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Forktail Rainbowfish

Pseudomugil furcatus

Also known as: Forktail Blue-eye, Forktail Blue-eye Rainbow, Forktail Blue-eye Rainbowfish, Furcata Blue-eye Rainbowfish, Furcata Rainbow, Rainbowfish, Yellow Forktail

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@deepak · bhubaneswar, India · November 20171 / 3
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Overview

Found in schools, over fresh, brackish waters, close to thick vegetation, in rainforest streams.
Oceania - Eastern Papua New Guinea

Popular aquarium fish!

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How to identify

COLOURS
Fins & Tail
fin stripes
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

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Found in schools, over fresh, brackish waters, close to thick vegetation, in rainforest streams.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAtheriniformes
    5. familyPseudomugilidae
    6. genusPseudomugil
    7. speciesPseudomugil furcatus Nichols, 1955

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