Species Summary
Melanotaenia parkinsoni have an overall silvery body colour with a rosy chest and narrow orange stripes between the scale rows. The fins of adult males are bright orange with dark edges. Mature males can be magnificent and usually have sweeping blotchy orange colouration on the posterior area of the body, giving an overall patchy appearance. Females are rather plain in comparison. Some males also develop large extended dorsal and anal fins with a ragged appearance. Another colour variety exists with bright yellow stripes or blotches instead of orange. Sometimes the stripes or blotches fuse to form an overall colouration, which covers the entire posterior half of the body. May reach a maximum size of 15 cm, but usually less than 12 cm.
Melanotaenia parkinsoni is most closely related to M. rubrostriata from southern New Guinea. Melanotaenia parkinsoni differs from M. rubrostriata primarily with regards to colour pattern and in usually possessing an additional horizontal scale row (usually 10 rows vs. 11 in M. rubrostriata). Furthermore, M. parkinsoni generally has more scales covering the cheek region (avg. 11, N = 20; compared with avg. 15, N = 26 for M. rubrostriata). The two species are among the larger members of the family with adults exceeding 10 cm SL; however, adult males of M. parkinsoni do not develop the exceedingly deep body characteristic of the males of male M. rubrostriata.
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However, the shrimp and fish you receive may be discolored and the reason of this issue is strong vibration during transportation and they're not be fed during the transport period
To handle this problem we highly recommend to you:
🚩Let the fish relax helps them adapt to any changes in water temperature in the tank. Also prevents pH shock - an imbalance between the water in the shop tank and your tank.
🚩Place the fish bag in a cool, corner, and dark place. Prevent the bag from being bumped, slipped, or dropped. This'll give your new fish a good recovery and acclimatization after a shaky ride from the shop to your home.
🚩Feed your old fish first to distract them, preventing them from bullying your new fish.
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🚩Turn off the lights, reduce the glare in the room, or limit the light entering the aquarium. This will help the new fish not be stressed.
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