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.

 
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Bibliographic Data

Short Form
Waite, 1905, Rec. Aust. Mus. 6(1): 1–4
Author
Edgar R. Waite
Year
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
en
Date Published
15 June 1905
Cover Date
15 June 1905
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Subjects
FISHES
Digitized
06 August 2009
Reference Number
979
EndNote
979.enw
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