Rainbow Shark Labeo erythrurus

Common Name Rainbow Shark

Other Common Names Red Fin Shark

Scientific Name Labeo erythrurus

Family Cyprinidae

Community Semi-Aggressive

Class Shark

Temperature 78ºF

Swimming Range Middle-Bottom

Adult Length 6 inches

Feeding Habits Fresh spinach, zucchini, lettuce and algae. Small live foods such as fish, blood worms, tubifex worms, glass worms and brine shrimp. Frozen vegetable diet, blood worms, brine shrimp, plankton and glass worms. Will also accept flake, freeze dried and pellet foods.

Compatibility Very territorial with all fish. Does not tolerate members of its own kind.

Habitat Thailand: Decorate with live plants and plenty of rocks and driftwood for staking territories. Rainbow Sharks will stake a couple of territories at the same time.

Breeding The back edge of the male's dorsal fin ends in a point and the female's forms a right angle. Rainbow's have been bred in captivity, but the success rate is low due to their lack of intolerance for each other.

Additional Comments Juveniles need a lot of vegetation in their diet to promote proper growth and coloration. Without a proper diet their colors fade and their growth is stunted.