Occurrence | extirpated | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | commercial | Ref. | Flajshans, M., O. Linhart, V. Slechtová and V. Slechta, 1999 |
Regulations | restricted | Ref. | Lusk, S. and L. Hanel, 2000 |
Freshwater | Yes | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | No | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | Ref. | ||
Comments |
While used in fish farming mostly for the production of bester, these species are endangered in the wild. A pure population is kept on a single fish farm in a warm-water system, stock still consists of immature individuals (Ref. 32234). Also Ref. 683, 32234, 41386, 52149, 54732, 89840. Status of threat: extinct in the wild (Ref. 90060). |
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Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ez.html |