I attempted to get some of these so called wild caught boesemani. On
one attempt he was sold out and on the other he only had males left. I
did have a friend in another state that managed to obtain some. He was
able to breed them and pass on some offspring to me. The only thing I
can go by is the appreance of these fish and they are the best looking
boesemani I have seen in many years, and I believe they are wild
caught. If they are not wild caught, then somebody has managed to
breed back all the color that has faded in captive populations. A
further note on the wild caught parents, they were in a number of
aquarists hands and were very fragil. All the parents died with in 6
months of obtaining them.
Cary Hostrawser ***please note my new email address
My Rainbowfish Home Page
http://www.mninter.net/~caryho/rainbow/
Rainbowfish Study Group Web Page
http://home.stlnet.com/~gwlange/rainbowfish.index.html