Will cichlids soon be endangered in the wild

[MeCasa]

I have seen so many ads selling wild caught cichlids that I have to wonder

MeCasa

 

[Ulrichsd]

I believe a lot of cichlids are endangered. I went to lake Malawi and took a tour of the hatcheries right next the lake, I wonder if those are sold as "wild caught". Unless you pull them out of the lake yourself I would wonder about the legitimacy any wild caught claim.

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[MeCasa]

That is interesting because that's not the way most of us look at African countries. It maybe elitism, but we tend to look at things like restocking through hatcheries as a Western thing.

 

[squirrilah fish]

There is a large scale for endangered species. Some are VU Like the Otopharanx. Others are endangered ED, and I'm sure some are extinct EX, but I don't think the lake is in danger, and new species will emerge. Such is life.