>> Sorry, no killifish is on the CITES today, several are listed in the IUCN
>> Red Data Book. There's nothing illegal in selling or trading them.
Peter Unmack wrote:
>I was talking specifically about the USA Endangered Species Act. Any
>listed species require a permit to have them in your possesion dead or
>alive. The only exceptions to this are fish that were obtained prior to
>their listing. But then, you have to prove that too. In terms of
>pupfish there are only a few that are not listed on the ESA. These laws
>obviously only have any grounds within territories of the USA.
Sorry, I misunderstood you. Aphanius may also be partially protected under
the European community law, but, to be honest, I'm afraid nobody cares
about any mediterranian fish species.
>> However, pupfish and Aphanius seem to be rather delicate in some
>> parts, that makes even the aquaristic maintainment difficult.
>Any suggestions as to which ones? I just picked up my first Aphanius
>species, anatolae (not sure yet which subspecies it is). Should be cool
>to play around with them. [yeah, lets turn this into a pupfish
>rainbowfish list and send Andrew's other killifish list broke!]
Aphanius anatoliae (it's named after Anatolia, remote part of Turkey)
is - like all other Aphanius species - no tropic, but a subtropic fish.
That means, that it becomes rather cold in the winter. I think that
this fish still have an annual life cycle and that they need to be kept
cold for some time of the year if you want to breed the fish for
generations. The breeding seems to be rather easy in the beginning,
but the fish can get an age of 2 or 3 years - try it.
Harro
harro.hieronimus at t-online.de