Newly Discovered Fish Already Rendered Endangered By Trade

I was reading through some old topics on a discussion board and found a post about a recently discovered fish that had been hastily introduced to the trade. Within months of its introduction in 2006, the Galaxy Danio has already been over harvested for a quick buck. I'm under the impression that these guys are prolific as other danio, but suppliers were not willing to make the investment to preserve this striking new fish. It's clear that the exotic pet industry's still completely incapable of restraining itself long enough to properly introduce new species into the trade. To be honest I have a hard time believing that they'll render these fish extinct before they can be properly established by dedicated hobbyists, then again, they should have been farming this fish before they started dumping it into the market anyway. I guess I'll keep my eyes open for a few of these guys to breed so I can work toward contributing back to the hobby.

I was able to find a regular breeder of these fish and I could probably get a small school to breed for around $60 with shipping. I'll probably wait a couple months until I get my killifish all settled in before I even consider any more fish that'll take multiple aquariums to properly breed and maintain. Once hobbyist get into breeding these fish they could eventually become as plentiful as Zebra Danio and the high demand for fresh imports will diminish.