JaSa Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Hi As we all know, Gambusia affinis are classed as ‘unwanted organism’ in New Zealandunder under the Biosecurity Act 1993. Big red flag, not to be kept, breed, transported, sold, ... or released into the wild. But today I saw a few nice spotted (both males & females) Gambusia holbrooki in a pet shop: I'm 100% sure it is Gambusia holbrooki (or a hybrid between affinis x holbrooki) since I have Leopard Fish as well which look almost the same but not quite - gonopodium, body shape and mouth are different. So the big question is: Is holbrooki illegal as well or good to go? Please let me know what you think... Cheers, JaSa PS: Pictures are examples from the net to show you what I saw today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Are you sure they aren't leopard fish that you saw? http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question/in ... 754AA4BwKy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSa Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Are you sure they aren't leopard fish that you saw? I'm 100% sure it is Gambusia holbrooki (or a hybrid between affinis x holbrooki) since I have Leopard Fish as well which look almost the same but not quite - gonopodium, body shape and mouth are different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 if they are indeed holbrooki i think you will find these will be in the same basket as affinis http://australianmuseum.net.au/Eastern- ... irard-1859 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 I'd be really skeptical that they're a type of gambusia, they're definitely not an allowed importand even being the gambusia genus would probably effectively make them banned Looks like almost all the pictures of holbrooki I can see they don't have spots, just the odd one they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSa Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 You guys are probably right. Gambusia on it's own might be enough to make them a big NoNo. It's a shame - they really look nice with their sharp silverish bodies and black spots compared to the rounder, brownish phalloceros ... JaSa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 was this in our LFS? Saw some spotted things the other week and assumed that they were Leopard fish, possibly from your stock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSa Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 if you like them and they are not illegal why not get them anyway? they look like cool little fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 :nfs: !drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 In the past I have seen very poorly coloured Leopards, I strongly suspect that's what they are. If they are G. holbrooki of ant type or cross, they would most certainly be illegal as to my knowledge they have not been in the country before( or at least not for an extremely long time ) and so would be an illegal import. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henk P. Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Every species of Gambusia is there favorite food Mosquitos. Therefore you find them in South of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal a lot in lakes and rivers. Originally not in there habitat but they turned there because of the annoying insects. They also do not damage to the flora and become favorite to the local people. They breeding easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 They have been introduced to lots of countries to control mosquitoes but are not as good at it as people think. They are also pretty nasty little sods and eye biters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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