Rainbow fish ID

[Fishnerd360]

I bought these rainbow fish around 8 months ago as Goyder rainbow fish, but now looking at them compared to pictures on google they don’t seem similar. They all looked similar at the beginning, but then 2 changed colors and hang out more, possible pair? 1 is mostly blue, 1 looks similar to the other 2 but has more turquoise coloring and hangs out with the blue one, and the other 2 look the same with a stripe and no one extra colors.

 

[Kolton13]

Boesmani, if I remember how to spell it correctly?

 

[Fishnerd360]

They were in the same tank as Boeseman rainbow fish when I bought them, but these guys are different.

 

[DwarfCichlidLvr]

boesemani, if I remember how to spell it correctly?

+1
Both look female
boesemani though. lol

BTW Nice blushing panda

 

[Fishnerd360]

That would make sense if they are female boesemani. But 1 of them seems to be not a female, as he has more blue and looks different compared to the others in my tank and online. He also hangs out a lot with one of the females, and will chase away the other 2 sometimes as if they were a pair. The one in the back of the second picture hangs out with the one in the first picture.

 

[Fishnerd360]

That would make sense if they are female boesemani. But 1 of them seems to be not a female, as he has more blue and looks different compared to the others in my tank and online. He also hangs out a lot with one of the females, and will chase away the other 2 sometimes as if they were a pair. The one in the back of the second picture hangs out with the one in the first picture.

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On google, some of them look different than others, so maybe theses guys origins were collected in a different location.

 

[Justepic]

They are not bosemani. The third pic looks close to a female, but you can see orange stripes near the caudal peduncle and the fins are not bluish. It also has a deeper body than females.

Your best bet would be asking on the Rainbowfish Live forum or Facebook group, they'd help you out.They could be a hybrid.

 

[DwarfCichlidLvr]

They are not bosemani. The third pic looks close to a female, but you can see orange stripes near the caudal peduncle and the fins are not bluish. It also has a deeper body than females.

Your best bet would be asking on the Rainbowfish Live forum or Facebook group, they'd help you out.They could be a hybrid.

Rainbows do hybridize easily.

 

[Magnus_Bane]

I'm definitely not an expert in these but to me they look like your average Australian rainbow. Looks like they are just starting to show their true adult coloration but I could easily be wrong.

 

[DwarfCichlidLvr]

I'm definitely not an expert

+1
I think one my be a female and one a male of a different species.

Anyway, rainbows are shaoling fish and need to be in groups of 5+. Preferably per species but a mix is better than only two.