Most Endangered Animals of '07 Announced

[rsaavedra]

In the list I found:

 

 

 

 

The Banggai cardinal fish's popularity as a pet for the home aquarium has landed it on the 2007 IUCN Red List.

 

 

 

In the wild, the striped fish is only found in the Banggai Archipelago off Indonesia.

 

Human pressures such as the aquarium trade are the main reason for the fish's decline, with habitat loss and climate change also posing major threats.

 

Fish stocks are in free-fall all over the world, both from overfishing and the aquarium trade. Scientists estimate current extinction rates are at least a hundred to a thousand times higher than natural rates.

[johnnybv]

Yea, and the survival rate of the wild caught cardinals is terrible! Save your $$$ and the species and buy the captive bred ones.

[Highland Reefer]

I just bought two of them a few weeks ago. They were captive breed. I also found out that they are mouth breeders which is kind of interesting. They are suppose to be one of the easiest fish to breed. They are really neat fish to watch, I have enjoyed them.

[gmubeach]

If its on the list I doubt they can import wild caught ones anymore can they?

[jason the filter freak]

Is that a sun coral?

[gmubeach]

Looked like one to me:)

[DDiver]

sure does look like a sun coral..

[dcreefer]

Wow, this is so sad...I am such a fan of captive bred. Although it is hard sometimes to not search the diver's den for the new and unusual!