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Threadfin Rainbowfish

Iriatherina werneri

Also known as: Dwarf Rainbow, Dwarf Rainbowfish, Featherfin Rainbow, Featherfin Rainbowfish, Threadfin Rainbow, Werneri, Werners Rainbowfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2019
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@sleepingmenace · Australia · April 20121 / 3
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Overview

Found in small schools, around the edges of slow flowing billabongs, drainage ditches, lagoons, swampy ponds and rivers rich in vegetation. Colours highly variable especially between juvenile to adult.
Widespread Asia, Oceania

Rainbow fish are colourful freshwater fish found a lot in the aquarium trade..

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How to identify

COLOURS
Fins & Tail
filament fins

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Habitat & where to find it

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Found in small schools, around the edges of slow flowing billabongs, drainage ditches, lagoons, swampy ponds and rivers rich in vegetation.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAtheriniformes
    5. familyMelanotaeniidae
    6. genusIriatherina
    7. speciesIriatherina werneri Meinken, 1974

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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