Oxylebius
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Article: Mandarin Fish Harvest Realities
http://www.reef2rainforest.com/2008/03/04/mandarin-harvest-realities/
From the article...
"An urgent rationale for captive breeding of these popular fishes."
"They are collected by using a mini-spear gun to fire long, double pronged, sewing needles into the side of the fish. Aimed at the belly or the tail. This is a widespread technique for collecting mandarins and is not isolated to any particular region."
"When speared in the posterior portion of the body, and assuming the spears do not damage vertebrae, there are no long term consequences. Missing vertebrae and visceral punctures, however, create immediate or delayed risk of mortality."
But, How do they know that spearing through the belly ends up with no long term damage! As soon as they spear them in the belly, they ship them off before they know if any long-term problems arise from it. There is a very HIGH mortality rate of these in our tanks! IS it b/c of being speared through the belly? That belly is full of organs!
http://www.reef2rainforest.com/2008/03/04/mandarin-harvest-realities/
From the article...
"An urgent rationale for captive breeding of these popular fishes."
"They are collected by using a mini-spear gun to fire long, double pronged, sewing needles into the side of the fish. Aimed at the belly or the tail. This is a widespread technique for collecting mandarins and is not isolated to any particular region."
"When speared in the posterior portion of the body, and assuming the spears do not damage vertebrae, there are no long term consequences. Missing vertebrae and visceral punctures, however, create immediate or delayed risk of mortality."
But, How do they know that spearing through the belly ends up with no long term damage! As soon as they spear them in the belly, they ship them off before they know if any long-term problems arise from it. There is a very HIGH mortality rate of these in our tanks! IS it b/c of being speared through the belly? That belly is full of organs!