Re: [GSAS-Member] Galaxy rasbora??

[haika@drizzle.com]

One of my co-workers down in the genetics lab here at AFSC said this would
be a relatively simple graduate student project assuming that the other
cyprinids potentially involved in such a 'cross' are available as well.
I'm not a genetics guru....but believe her.  They've been bred and fry
reared....but no descriptions of the fry. Maybe because the fry grew up
looking like the adults, and hence no evidence suggesting that
hybridization was involved???? Who knows. I am not surprised that new
species are coming out of that area. Heck, we're still finding brand new
Ziphiid whales within the past 5 years. But what do I know (wink).

Betty Goetz

> Coming out of Singapore I would be willing to say that it would not be a
> stretch to find that this is, in fact, a hybrid developed for the sales
> market.....like so many other fish we have seen.  I seriously doubt this
> is a wild caught fish.  The way the article is worded they do a very
> careful job of leaving it open to the reader's imagination as to the
> status of this fish being wild or not.  Having seen what has been
> created in the African Cichlid world I am a bit cautious now with any
> "new species" found claims.....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: haika@drizzle.com [mailto:haika@drizzle.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 11:23 AM
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Galaxy rasbora??
>
> http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=1060
>
> This blurb tells you a bit....not tons, but suggests it's a wild-caught
> critter not a man-made hybrid.
>
> Looks like Frank was only asking $8 each + shipping for them which isn't
> bad. I could get enough to make a shoal (wink)....but I'd better wait
> till I get situated in a new house before taking on new critters.
> Heterandria formosa I can handle....but a new egg-layer....well, I'm not
> as dedicated to breeding as many of you are so it's not really smart for
> me to lust over something like this. I'll wait till I'm either ready and
> willing to try to breed them OR they are another lovely fish being
> captive bred for the aquarium trade.
>
> Betty Goetz
>
>> All I know is that I showed them to the hubby, and I know what I'm
>> getting for my birthday. ;]
>>
>> Of course, I'll have to research them carefully before we acquire
>> them. I like for my fish to come from reputable and ecology conscious
>> sources if I have a choice about it. I would love to know more about
>> them, and I don't mind all the extra discussion on them. If someone
>> has more definitive information about their origins, how they are
>> collected, and anything else... I would love to read more about them.
>>
>> Lisa Chan
>
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