Melanotaenia Wanoma

Photo by:  Jason Doyle

Description

The colour of mature males is brownish on upper back; body scales with narrow brown outline; lower half of side of body and belly whitish; a diffuse dark blotch immediately behind eye on uppermost part of operculum; a golden patch in middle part of operculum; a broad and oblong blue blotch extending from just below pectoral-fin base to above middle of anal fin; 8 to 9 narrow orange stripes between each scale row; a dark midlateral stripe extending from upper edge of preopercle to caudal-fin base, the stripe more or less solid on rear half body and about 1.5 scale wide on caudal peduncle; pectoral fins translucent; pelvic fins orange; dorsal and anal fins brown with yellowish to orange tint between rays and marked with a prominent white margin stripe with reddish extremities. Overall colour of females is similar but paler than males with a narrow margin stripe on both second dorsal and anal fins.

Category:   Rainbowfish

Global Region:   Southeast Asia

Distribution:   NE side of the Kaimana Anticline