chinese sailfin catfish (not sure the exact name. its a coldwater species and they get about a foot long)
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The Myxocyprinus asiaticus? These are not catfish but cypriniformes but they certainly are not the fish for a private aquaria due to the conditions they are used to unless you are referring to another fish. Any scientific name please?
Chinese sailfins get a LOT larger than a foot long and are generally not suited for private aquaria
I agree with Slappy... this would give you a much wider range of species to choose from :thm:
Seriously, snakeheads are bad news for US ecosystems. They are beautiful and fascinating, but there is a reason they are banned for import. Those that have already made their way into US waterways by accidental or intentional introduction have decimated native species due to their outrageous aggresion, fast growth rate, and fast breeding. The Fish and Wildlife Agency has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to keep their numbers under control.
IMHO, we're currently better off with them being illegal than risking any further accidental introduction into our ecosystems.
lupin when i said 1 and 2 i meant how much i liked them i would not keep them in groups of 1 or 2 and probably would not get all the species i listed
I agree, when I went to WV I heard they were in the Potomac river (which is where we were at) and the Maryland DNR said that if you catch any they were to be immediately killed.
I believe that the CPD is not Chinese, as was stated above...I've only seen references to Burmese locales wrt that fish.
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I think he may be looking for alternatives since fish from China are rather limited but I do agree with you. They're not from China.
