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A fact from Rainbow shark appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 August 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that rainbow sharks are Cyprinids, making them relatives of goldfish, carp and minnows?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/August.

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Photo req[edit]

Regarding the reqphoto tag. There's a photo on the German page, if anyone can be bothered commonsizing it. —Pengo 01:45, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The image name in German wikipedia is Fransenlipper.JPG. A user in German wikipedia could assist in moving this image to commons. Thanks in advance. - Dragonbite 04:57, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Photograph request tag removed; obtained the GFDL-image from German wikipedia via Wikimedia commons. - Dragonbite 05:45, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I HAVE A RAINBOW SHARK AND I CAN NOT HAVE ANOTHER FISH IN THE SAME TANK WITH HIM. HE KILLED ALL OF MY FISH. HE IS A LARGE SHARK HE IS ABOUT 7 OR 8 IN. LONG. AND ABOUT THAT IN HEIGHT. I HAVE HIM IN A 20 GALLON TANK AND HE KEEPS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER. I ONLY FEED HIM SHRIMP PELLETS THAT SINK. BUT HE IS SO MEAN WHAT CAN I DO TO CALM HIM DOWN ?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.23.127.98 (talk) 02:17, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

conservation tag[edit]

why is it inapropriat for the article?--HighFlyingFish (talk) 15:58, 23 February 2010 (UTC) | status = LC[reply]

Listing a status of "Least Concern" implies that the species has been assessed by the IUCN, and is included on the Red List in that category. This species isn't included on the IUCN Red List. Conservation status should only be included for species where conservation is an issue. A lot of articles (currently c. 600) have used "LC" or "secure" on articles where they don't belong, and these are being phased out. --Stemonitis (talk) 08:02, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Confusing Information[edit]

I've seen some confusing information in the aquarium section. This part makes no sense:"No actual breed sequence has been documented in an aquarium setting. Although known to be egg-layers, reproduction of rainbow sharks is difficult in an aquarium setting." So, is it bred in the aquarium setting? Or not? Honestly, I don't know what to do about it.SuperPayara 02:38, 2 December 2014 (UTC)