8 young adult Rhadinocentrus ornatus from Carland Creek

The iconic Carland Creek Rhad is extremely rare in the wild and has a blue front half and an orange back (see first photo at https://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au/Rhadino.htm). Rhads found in Carland Creek are blue and the famous color variant has only been collected once by Bruce Hansen and photographed by Neil Armstrong. I obtained my breeder fish from Leo O’Reilly who has bred these fish for more than 5 years and had one male with an orange tail in 2019. From the first generation of offspring, I had a few fish with red tails that I used for breeding last summer. A higher percentage of second generation fish have red tails now and some are starting to show some orange on their body.

For sale are 8 young adult Rhadinocentrus ornatus from Carland Creek that were bred outdoors last summer and are at the age of 9 months. You will get both genders to breed the fish. Females that appear blue now, can still develop red tails as the red shows up late in development. All fish have the recessive gene for red and are likely to have red tailed offspring. The photo shows two F2 generation breeder males that are the fathers of the F3 generation fish that I am selling. For more information and photos become a member of ANGFA and see the following publication: Adrian Tappin & Leo O’Reilly. Rhadical Rhads. Fishes of Sahul Vol 33 (1) March 2019. More fish are available for the winning bidder. For more information about the fish I breed, please visit my band sites for rainbow fish https://band.us/n/a2a698Pcl0I5i, hillstream loaches https://band.us/n/a5a99fP2leJ7f and plecos https://band.us/n/a4a598P7lcJ04

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