About Medaka

    The Japanese rice fish (Oryzias Latipes) are one of the most popular pet fish that people have raised in aquariums for a long time. They are also known as the Medaka or the Japanese killifish. They come from They are very small in size and are famous for their beautiful colors.

    They are characterized by their semi-transparent orange or gold color and some of them have blue eyes. The Japanese citizens have been raising them in aquariums since the seventeenth century.

    After that, they have spread to Korea, Vietnam, India and Pakistan. The Japanese rice fish have an elongated body, and the back has a slight resemblance of an arch.

    One of the characteristics that make them very beautiful is that their bodies glow in the dark. The most famous kinds of the Japanese rice fish are the gold and moonlight medaka. The gold medaka existed since ancient times, whereas the moonlight medaka are a new bred color morph.

    Naturally, the Japanese rice fish live in the rice paddies of Japan. This is the ideal place for fish under the “Oryzias” genus. The main reason is the inexistence of predators. Another reason is that the water temperature is suitable for them.

Types of Medaka

• Black Medaka


• Sun Medaka


• White Medaka


• Blue Medaka


• Red Medaka


• Light Medaka

Medaka Fish Tank Setup