Danionella translucida

[andrephua]

Anyone seen this fish before?

Wondering if it would suffer the same fate as Celestichthys margaritatus, i.e. over-collected for aquarium fish-trade

[Quixotic]

Is there some news of it being over-fished leading you to the impression?

Although this fish also comes from Myanmar, it is found in different areas from Danio margaritatus (new classification for Celestichthys margaritatus).

Danionella translucida is found in Pegu Division of Myanmar while Danio margaritatus is found near Hopong, east of Inle Lake. Danionella sp. are transparent fish, so they are not in much demand as compared to Danio margaritatus and therefore, no existing fear of them being overfished (yet).

Here is a picture of the fish, http://www.danios.info/fish/translucida.aspx

[Heiko Bleher]

Hi,

this is Heiko Bleher and I just wanted to comment, as I have collected these fishes (also margaritatus and most Myanmar fishes already in the early 1980s when no one cared about them, or better no one was interested in them) extensively. And they are definately NOT endangered by overfishing, but by habitat loss. The rice field are growing at an anseen rate (as the population is) and expanding everyowhere. Nature and natural habitat of small fishes, also Anionella, Microrasbora and many more, are threatened by extinction in nature ONLY because of that.

Man is destroying his basis of live, but he does not want to see it. Just try breeding them, so we have them at least established in the hobby, as with many other, which we have but are extinct in nature because of habitat loss.

All the best

Heiko Bleher