RE: [RML] M. boesemanni
piaba (piabinha at yahoo.com)
Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:27:35 -0800 (PST)
> My boesemani
> were around 5 inches but I was raising fish in tanks
> no larger than 29 gallons. I'm sure they would have
> gotten bigger in a larger tank. I have seen
> boesemani pushing 7 inches at one of the zoos.
> Really looked ugly though as they had really overfed
> their fish. When rainbows get really "tall" and big
> I think they lose a lot of their streamline
> appearance and appeal for me. Also wasn't very
> colorful at that size.
i've seen some large boesemanni as you describe in a
store. they were perhaps 5.5 - 6 inches (13-15 cm) SL
and very tall-bodied, but still very colorful. i
didn't think they were ugly or grotesque. i wonder
however what they look like in the wild. are
high-backed rainbows a domestic creation then?
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