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The Rainbow Fish is a children's picture book drawn and written by Swiss author and illustrator, Marcus Pfister, and translated into English by J. Alison James.The book is best known for the distinctive shiny foil scales of the Rainbow Fish.
In a home setting, these fish need well-oxygenated water with a pH level of 6.8 – 7.2, optimal temperatures varying between 72 and 82 °F (22–28 °C), and plenty of aquatic plants to give them hiding places amid their school. If properly cared for, Rainbowfish can live up to 5 years in captivity. [5]
Rainbow Fish (also known simply as "Rainbow") (voiced by Rhys Huber) is a proud and feisty 9-year-old male fish with shiny scales, and the main character of the series. He lives with his parents, Sol and Aqua, and his 12-year-old sister, Ruby, in a cave near Shipwreck Park.
Marcus Pfister (born 30 July 1960 in Bern, Switzerland) is a Swiss author and illustrator of children's picture books. [1] His Rainbow Fish series of children's picture books, published since 1992, has been a worldwide success. The books have been translated into over 60 languages and have sold over 30 million copies. [2]
Individuals of Glossolepis dorityi are greenish, with orange stripes between regular rows of large scales. The stripes are especially prominent during courtship. Males have deeper bodies, and females lack the stripes between scale rows. [3] The species can grow up to 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in) in length. [1] [4]
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The males of Axelrod's rainbowfish are bluish-grey to greenish-brown in colour on the dorsal part of their body and silvery-grey to whitish on the ventral part. There are around 10 short bars along the centre of flanks, spaced roughly two scales apart and these merge to form a more or less solid blackish stripe along the caudal peduncle.
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