> never thought of Killifish as much of a threat as, say, Livebearers or
> Cichlids in warmer waters and Salmonids in cooler climes, so I'm curious
> myself. Regards, Andrew Boyd.
I certainly wouldn't like to see Cyprinodon (pupfish) or Aphanius get into
Oz. Those suckers will live almost anywhere under any environmental
extremes. I would be surprised if they didn't cause some problems.
> Apparently, (so I was told by the fish shop guy) basically all
How many fish shop guys know squat about anything let alone that?
> Aphyosemions are allowed into Australia no probs, but the real
> problem is annuals. The reason is they have done some case studies
> which show that endangered natives would be threatened by
> annuals in the central Queensland temporary waters...anyone else
> heard about this??
Not aware of any.
Cheers
Peter Unmack