Aquarium enthusiasts are often on the lookout for colorful and exciting species that they can raise in their personal tanks. Rainbowfish are a broad category of fish that meet these requirements. But ...

An international team of scientists recently led a detailed study of eastern rainbowfish, Melanotaenia splendida splendida, a freshwater species that is popular in the aquarium trade. Eastern ...

Freshwater fish in the Northern Territory have developed specially adapted gills, enabling them to survive heavy metal pollution levels deadly to other species. "Our preliminary genetic studies ...

Some Indonesian Boeseman’s Rainbowfish aquaculture farms appear to have hit a slump, study says. Unsuitable rearing conditions may be responsible for this, researchers suggest. Improving rearing ...

The boldest black-lined rainbowfish are those that are born in the wild. Also more fearless are those that analyze information with both sides of their brains. The preference to analyze and react to ...

Catherine R. M. Attard has received funding from the Australian Government and other organisations. She is affiliated with organisations other than Flinders University. Luciano Beheregaray receives ...

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Rainbowfish embryos, as young as only four days after fertilisation, are able to smell potential predatory threats, a new study by Australian researchers has found. Published today, the findings show ...