NANFA-- over-collecting?

Christopher Scharpf (ichthos_at_charm.net)
Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:13:03 -0400

Jay said:

> There is so little collecting going on anywhere anyway. NA natives will
> never catch on as aquarium fishes, except for killifishes and livebearers
> (some of which HAVE suffered from over-collecting).

Jay,

I'm not as up on livebearers and killies as I should. Which species have
suffered from over-collecting?

Chris

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