Australian Museum Journal The breeding habits of the Paradise Fish, (Polyacanthus opercularis, Linaeus)
- Shortform:
- Waite, 1905, Rec. Aust. Mus. 6(1): 1–4
- Author(s):
- Waite, Edgar R.
- Year published:
- 1905
- Title:
- The breeding habits of the Paradise Fish, (Polyacanthus opercularis, Linaeus)
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 1
- End page:
- 4
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.6.1905.979
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 15 June 1905
- Cover date:
- 15 June 1905
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES
- Digitized:
- 06 August 2009
- Reference number:
- 979
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (99kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (453kb PDF)
Abstract
In a former paper I described the nesting habits of the Fighting Fish (Betta pugnax, Cantor) as observed in my aquaria. I have since had the good fortune to secure a number of living specimens of the Paradise or Rainbow Fish, Polyacanthus opercularis, Linnaeus, which name, according to Dr. Boulenger, represents the original species whence the domestic Macropodus viridiauratus, Lacépède, is derived. This fish is breeding very freely with me, but as its life history is well known I do not propose to do more than point out in what respects its habits differ from those of Betta.