Common Name: blueback blue-eye
Description: Typical blue-eyes size and shape. Males have bold, metallic blue stripe along the back with yellow below. Females plain. While very tolerant of salinity and can survive for a period in fresh or salt water, they thrive only in brackish (about 1/2 of seawater). They are also quite tolerant of high or low temps if acclimated slowly.
Category: Rainbowfish
Global Region: Australia
Distribution: None
Genetic Line: Aquarium Strain
Line Traits: can go from fresh water to seawater and back
Year Acquired: 2016
They thrive in 1/2 seawater. In fresh water they do not breed and slowly wither. They live happily in full seawater for a time, but haven't tested long term. Literature says that even hypersaline is tolerated.
Species Spawned: Yes
Nonadhesive eggs are laid in the substrate. Adults eat any fry which hatch in the tank.
Have Reared Fry? Yes