Bedotia madagascariensis (Madagascar rainbowfish)

[valice]

Fish with superb natural redness.

Male


Female

[ranmasatome]

WAh... nice nice.. like you say loh.. sand red red one..

[benny]

Very nice!! Pehaps some fill flash to fill out the under side will show the full and true beauty of these fishes.

Somehow, they look very familiar. Where have I seen them before?

Cheers,

[valice]

Will try again with a tripod for the fill flash the next time.

Of course you seen it lar.

[Ah_ZhaN]

Wah...nice fishes Madagascar rainbowfish. Still are young freshies eh ?

[trident]

nice rainbow fish and great photography

[valice]

Wah...nice fishes Madagascar rainbowfish. Still are young freshies eh ?

Not sure if they are young though. What's their adult size?

[hwchoy]

nice flare, I think need a bit more light and hey don't feed the buggers so much before shooting. especially the male shouldn't have such a big belly.

btw I think it is B. geayi. not sure what the B. madagascariensis looks like.

[valice]

Azmi originally name them B.geayi. But then came along some folks from don't know where during Aquarama and told him that it is B.madagascariensis. So, I also don't know what it is.

And I agree with the bulging tummy. Shot them with your voice in my head telling me the same thing.

[hwchoy]

wah lao

[bryan]

B. madagascariensis seem to have a longer snout, if you trust the pictures online.

[CacaManiac]

I used to have a small school of them... Real Cool looking Fish.. Very Different from the Rainbows we normally encounter.. Unfortunately mine all Died when my Tank got a dangerous case of Velvet back on 2005.. Lost 15 Yellow Congos, 6 Normal Congos and 6 Mad.Rainbows... Total Wipe out..

Maybe someday i'll keep them again.. The LFS in choa chu kang still has them for sale.. just saw them this afternoon.

[chingkt]

Very nice beautiful fish ..

[hwchoy]

superb timing for such a paper!

Loiselle, PV & D Rodriguez, 2007. A new species of Bedotia (Teleostei: Atherinomorpha: Bedotiidae) from the Rianila drainage of Eastern Madagascar, with redescriptions of Bedotia madagascariensis and Bedotia geayi. Zootaxa 1520: 1–18.

[Quixotic]

Haha, I was just about to post this.

I think Choy is right, could be B. geayi. How many anal rays are there? I counted about 18-19(?) anal rays.

[hwchoy]

vince, we need you to starve the bugger back to normal shape and take more pix. I think a bit more light is needed.

[valice]

No problem. Will be glad to do so.

[sfk7]

Hi, is this fish available commonly in our LFS? If yes, what's the usual trade name for it?

And whats the best tell tale sign that its this species?

Thanks!!

[bryan]

I see them ocassionally at shops like C328,Polyart,Wuhu. Most LFS refer to them simply as Madagascar Rainbows.