Please Note: The images shown are typical examples of mature adult fish and not necessarily the exact fish in our current stock. Actual fish coloration can vary due to lineage, location, age, and gender. If you would like photos of the fish currently available, you may request them. Please understand that we may not always be able to provide these promptly due to time constraints, and photographing some fish can be challenging.

Photo Credit:Jonathan Reid

Melanotaenia praecox is a small rainbowfish that maxes out around 3″, often staying even smaller. Males are electric blue in the body with cherry-red fins; females are duller but blue nonetheless, with yellow fins. These beauties are the perfect rainbow if you don’t have the space for their bigger cousins!

These are juveniles around 1″ long. Their colour is developing, but they need time and good feeding to reach their full potential.