SuperGuppyGirl Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 So once again perusing through aquarium central and spot a lovely lively tank of rainbows labelled trifasciata rainbows lake tebera. Out of nearly 30 shots with phone cam got 3 fairly decent shots and was hoping our experts could confirm or deny. P.s.major respect for the excellent photographers who capture amazing shots of these active fast fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psylant Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 They looks like herbies to me. They mixed the location and latin name up. They're from lake tebera, but they're called Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi. I'm no expert though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geleen Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 The M.herbertaxelroddi is not a trifaciata so 2 species names for one fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 The boys in the last two photos sure look like M herbertaxelrodi. On the other hand, M trifisciata "Running Creek" can have a yellow/gold hue bracketing the lateral band. Take a look at the 2nd last photo in ranbowric's journal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbowric Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 I would have to agree that they look similar to the Melanotaenia herbertaxlerodi. They definitely did not come from Lake Tebera... well maybe 12 to 20 generations ago. Typical LFS yellow rainbowfish. The Melanotaenia trifasciata "Running Creek" is also yellow, red finned, banded but at that size does not have the bulk of the herbertaxlerodi. I have seen a number of times what appears to be hybrids of the two species over the years in the LFS. The Running Creek colours up very young, why the fish farms and LFS like them as people want colour! The Europeans believe that there is no such thing as a pure herbertaxlerodi left in captivity and Gary Lange had to donate one of his fish to be DNA tested to prove that there still is a pure strain left. There are a few breeders here in Alberta that have offspring from Gary's colony, and as well as many collectors. Not really the LFS fault of the incorrect naming as that can come right from the fish farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psylant Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Not really the LFS fault of the incorrect naming as that can come right from the fish farm. I once heard from an employee at Big Al's that they MUST use the name the vendor sold the fish to them as. Apparently if an agency goes in there to check their stock it must match with the names sold to them otherwise they end up with big fines. Who knows how true that information is though coming from Big Al's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjerrom Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 I would venture that part for CFIA is limited in it's correctness as they so their work at the importation point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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