Contents

This site incorporates the complete text of the online pdf book Rainbowfishes — Their Care & Keeping in Captivity (Adrian R. Tappin, 2011), reorganised into the sections below. Rainbowfish and Blue Eye species accounts have been blended between the book and the old Home of the Rainbowfish, as well as adding in all the new species (primarily from Fishes of Sahul). In addition, species accounts have been created for a whole range of other Sahul fish families (found in the left menu) more commonly kept in aquariums from ANGFA’s past publications (Fishes of Sahul, ANGFA Newsletters and state newsletters). Use the menu on the left on any page, or start here.

• Background
  Front matter, foreword and context from the opening of the book.
• Introduction
  What rainbowfishes and blue-eyes are, and why they matter.
• Rainbowfishes
  Illustrated species accounts for the family Melanotaeniidae.
• Blue Eyes
  Illustrated species accounts for the family Pseudomugilidae.
• Eeltailed Catfishes
  Australian and New Guinean eeltailed catfishes (Plotosidae).
• Southern Smelts
  Southern smelts and graylings of temperate Australia (Retropinnidae).
• Galaxiids
  Scaleless, trout-like galaxiids of temperate Australia (Galaxiidae).
• Hardyheads
  Silversides (Atherinidae), close relatives of the rainbowfishes.
• Glassfishes
  Glassfishes (Ambassidae), often kept alongside rainbowfishes.
• Temperate Perches
  Australia's biggest perch family, from pygmy perches to Murray Cod (Percichthyidae).
• Grunters
  Larger, boisterous natives of northern and inland Australia plus New Guinea (Terapontidae).
• Mouth Almighty
  Australia and New Guinea's most widespread freshwater cardinalfish (Apogonidae).
• Archerfishes
  Surface-hunting sharpshooters of northern Australia and New Guinea (Toxotidae).
• Tupong/Congolli
  A bottom-dwelling relative of the Antarctic icefishes (Pseudaphritidae).
• Gudgeons
  Australia and New Guinea native gudgeons (Eleotridae), referred to as “Sleepers” in other parts of the world.
• Gobies
  Gobies (mostly Gobiidae), along with gudgeons and rainbowfishes are the three biggest families in Australia and New Guinea with over 100 species each.
• Brackish Water Species
  Other fishes suited to a brackish-water aquarium.
• Shrimps
  Australian freshwater shrimp for the planted or rainbowfish aquarium.
• History of Rainbowfishes in Captivity
  How these fishes entered and shaped the aquarium hobby.
• Distribution & Habitat
  Where rainbowfishes live across Australia and New Guinea.
• Collecting & Shipping
  Field collection and moving fish safely.
• Keeping & Caring
  Aquarium set-up, water quality and day-to-day husbandry.
• Breeding & Raising
  Spawning, incubation and rearing fry.
• Foods & Feeding
  Diets, live foods and feeding programs.
• Disease Prevention & Control
  Recognising, preventing and treating disease.
• Sources of Information
  References and further reading.