Animal directory
Boeseman's Rainbowfish
Care, environment, breeding and conservation records for Boeseman's Rainbowfish.
Identity & conservation
- Scientific name
- Melanotaenia boesemani
- Enclosures
- Aquarium, Exhibit
- Status
- Endangered
- Status code
- EN
- Regions
- Oceania
- Biomes
- Lakes and Rivers
- Edition
- Base game
- Class group
- Fish
- Revealed
- 2026-08-18
- Status groups
- Endangered, Threatened
- Tax class
- Actinopterygii
- Tax family
- Melanotaeniidae
- Tax genus
- Melanotaenia
- Tax order
- Atheriniformes
- Wild population
- Unknown
- Wild population count
- Unknown
Habitat & enclosure
- Barrier grade
- Unknown
- Barrier height
- Unknown
- Climb proof
- Unknown
- Water barrier
- Unknown
- Temp min
- 25 °C
- Temp max
- 28 °C
- Area land min
- Unknown
- Area land
- Unknown
- Area climbing
- Unknown
- Area deep water
- 50 m² + 15 m² per extra animal
- Area flying
- Unknown
- Area shelter
- Unknown
- Area water
- Unknown
- Humidity
- Unknown
- Plant cover
- 20-80%
- Salinity
- Freshwater
- Terrain
- Unknown
- Water barrier depth
- Unknown
- Water barrier width
- Unknown
Social life & breeding
- Group size
- Unknown
- Life expectancy
- 8 years
- Bachelor females
- Unknown
- Bachelor males
- Unknown
- Breeding difficulty
- Unknown
- Gestation
- Unknown
- Group name
- Unknown
- Interbirth
- Unknown
- Litter label
- Litter size
- Litter size
- Unknown
- Mating season
- Aseasonal
- Mating system
- Unknown
- Maturity age
- 0.5 years
- Maturity years
- 0.5 years
- Shoal fish
- Yes
- Shoal size
- 30-60
- Sterility age
- Unknown
Other facts
- Diet
- Copepods, Algae Pellets
- Colony size
- Up to 20
- Colour morphs
- Unknown
- Dominance
- Colourful dominance displays
- Enrichment
- Unknown
- Exhibit types
- Small Box Exhibit, Small Cylinder Exhibit, Large Box Exhibit, Large Angled Box Exhibit, Large Cylinder Exhibit
- Feeders
- Unknown
- Nest
- Unknown
- Offspring dispersal
- Unknown
- Size female
- Unknown
- Size male
- Unknown
- Size max
- Unknown
- Size measure
- Temperature
- 25 to 28°C
- Thriving group
- Unknown
- Thriving member of
- Unknown
- Thriving with
- Unknown
- Water sources
- Unknown
- Weather dislikes
- Unknown
- Weight female
- Unknown
- Weight female text
- Unknown
- Weight juvenile
- Unknown
- Weight male
- Unknown
- Weight male text
- Unknown
Research levels
| Level | Unlocks | Research gate |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Fertility Level 1 (+15% fertility) | Unknown |
| Level 2 | Boeseman's Rainbowfish Fact Sheet | Unknown |
| Level 3 | Release groups and release to the wild | Unknown |
| Level 4 | Fertility Level 2 (+30% fertility) | Unknown |
Valid release groups
| Group | Type | Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Mixed Shoal | Mixed group | 10 to 40 fish |
Boeseman's Rainbowfish2
Biomes1
Research levels1
Valid release groups1
Related entries13
- Lives in biome · Lakes and Rivers (Requires / provides)
- Has release groups · Boeseman's Rainbowfish (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · Boeseman's Rainbowfish (Used by / linked from)
- Researches species · Boeseman's Rainbowfish (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Lakes and Rivers (Used by / linked from)
- Valid release groups · Boeseman's Rainbowfish (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Lakes and Rivers (Used by / linked from)
- Boeseman s rainbowfish · Boeseman's Rainbowfish (Requires / provides)
- Has research · Boeseman's Rainbowfish (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · Boeseman's Rainbowfish (Used by / linked from)
- Boeseman s rainbowfish · Boeseman's Rainbowfish (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Lakes and Rivers (Requires / provides)
- Research levels · Boeseman's Rainbowfish (Requires / provides)
Sources5
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/animals/boeseman-s-rainbowfish ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/biomes ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/biomes/lakes-rivers ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/release-groups/boesemans-rainbowfish ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/research/boesemans-rainbowfish ·