i live in Myamnar [ Burma]
i have some fish photos that was taken from the wild
their body shape like Rosy barb from India but colour is white
i do not take photo to cyber so i will send it later
there are many fish specises undiscovery by western
2007-09-14 22:35:05 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Is it a kind of Minnow? They fairly recently (a couple years ago) discovered the Celestial Pearl Danio/Galaxy Rasbora in that area, and it sounds very similar to what you have described...
Soop Nazi
EDIT: It was actually not over collected. That was a story made up by a guy who wanted to increase the price on them by creating a "lower" supply. If they were so rare in the wild:
a. It wouldn't be considered the poor man's food (poor villages eat entire schools of Celestial Pearl Danios at a time)
b. It wouldn't be selling for around $3 retail... (if it REALLY WAS endangered, it would be about $10 retail OR illegal...)
2007-09-15 05:01:18 · answer #1 · answered by nosoop4u246 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they discovered the galaxy rasbora in myamnar a year ago, and it's already endangered in the wild now due to over-collecting for the pet trade.
there are lots of people over there looking for new species, i just wish more research would be done on them in their natural environment and a small group be taken to breed in captivity, so they're not over-collected and put on the endangered species list :(
2007-09-14 22:41:47 · answer #2 · answered by catx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋