Red rainbowfish
Template:Short description Template:Speciesbox The red rainbowfish or salmon-red rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisa) is a species of rainbowfish from Lake Sentani in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Belonging to the family Melanotaeniidae, in the subfamily Melanotaeniinae, the Australian rainbowfishes.[1] It is threatened in its native range, but easily bred in captivity and common in the aquarium trade.[1]
Description
The males are bright red and with age grow a high back. The females are olive brown in colour. Their colours change depending on their mood, but subordinate males do not display bright colours. They grow up to Template:Convert in size, but typically attain a smaller size of around Template:Convert.[2][3]
Breeding
They are an egg scattering species and they scatter their eggs among clumps of vegetation. The eggs take about 7 days to hatch.[3]
Nutrition
Glossolepis incisus is an omnivore and in captivity it will eat most common commercial aquarium foods readily. It may be slightly more carnivorous than most of the Australian rainbowfish.[3]
Conservation status
The IUCN Red List classifies Glossolepis incisa as endangered.[1] This is because of the rapidly increasing human population around this fish's only natural habitat and introduced species such as tilapia.[3]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Lake Sentani and its tributaries near Jayapura in Papua, Indonesia[1][3] (a range it shares with the related Chilatherina sentaniensis).
Taxonomy
Glossolepis incisa is the type species of the genus Glossolepis[4] and was described by Max C.W. Weber in 1907.[5] The name is virtually always misspelt as "incisus." However, the genus name (Glossolepis) is feminine, and the specific taxon must follow form.
References
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- ↑ a b c d e Red Rainbowfish Fact Sheet
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