Re: [RML] Melanotaenia crossbreeding

Adrian R. Tappin (atappin at ecn.net.au)
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 07:08:19 +1000

At 10:39 25/06/98 EDT, Tim wrote:
>Will most any Melanotaenia species cross with any other or is it more
>of a problem amongst similarly sized fish? I'm interested in general,
>but I'm also specifically interested in M. pygmaea and M. affinis.
>Thanks.

I don't think there has been enough research to positively say what species
will breed with another. Although there has been a fair amount of
crossbreeding reported in the aquarium hobby so I think it would be
reasonable to expect that most species would crossbreed if a suitable mate
of the same species was not available.

Adrian.
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