Anybody help me identify thse rainbows

[theRawa]

I got 3 rainbows from the petco adoption tank and the guy there said that they are boesemani but Ive kept them before and they definitely are not. I don't know a whole lot about rainbows. They have a orangish red tint to them with what looks like a pearlessent scale intereior

 

[spiff44]

It looks like a young Austrailian.. but it still might be a boesemani if its a small, dull female.

I have some Rainbows too that were sold to me as "Chromatic rainbows" and then I found out afterwards that apparently there is no such thing. Also I was never able to find them anywhere online... so who knows what to think? They might just be rejects from some farms breeding projects.

 

[jstehman]

http://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au

Probably under melanotaenia

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[MyGiants]

That's not a very good picture but it looks like a Melanotaenia sp. maybe fluviatilis. I can say its not a boesemani.

 

[theRawa]

It looks like a young Austrailian.. but it still might be a boesemani if its a small, dull female.

I have some Rainbows too that were sold to me as "Chromatic rainbows" and then I found out afterwards that apparently there is no such thing. Also I was never able to find them anywhere online... so who knows what to think? They might just be rejects from some farms breeding projects.

I don't think they're rejects, they don't have any unsightly deformities or non-uniformed patterns, but I do think they're from an Australian line. Thank you for your reply.

http://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au

Probably under melanotaenia

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Thank you for the reply, and the link to the book seems really useful, thank you for that (it'll get alot of use from me). I have to agree with you, they do looks like Melanotaenia.

That's not a very good picture but it looks like a Melanotaenia sp. maybe fluviatilis. I can say its not a boesemani.

I have to agree with you, even compared to other juveniles, they look nothing like boesemani's. And sorry about the picture quality, im just a poor college student and the only camera I really have is on my dumbphone. Thank you for the response though.