What Species Are Bred in Captivity?

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I'm mostly interested in prehistoric fish (e.g. lungfish, bichirs, gars, etc.), larger catfish, and piranhas.
I recently got a SA Lungfish that was captive bred. Usually small Lungfish tend to be captive bred from what I have seen, but not always a guarantee. As for Bichirs most upper jaws are captive bred. Lower jaw species are mostly wild caught except for Endlicheri, but it can vary heavily. I have seen P. Delhezi as both wild caught and captive bred on various online websites for example. But my P. Delhezi is captive bred, so I would say ask wherever you wanna buy it from, and ideally specify a species you like. Also a general rule of thumb, larger fish tend to be wild caught and smaller ones captive bred, not definitive but I have seen this quite a lot.
 
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I recently got a SA Lungfish that was captive bred. Usually small Lungfish tend to be captive bred from what I have seen, but not always a guarantee. As for Bichirs most upper jaws are captive bred. Lower jaw species are mostly wild caught except for Endlicheri, but it can vary heavily. I have seen P. Delhezi as both wild caught and captive bred on various online websites for example. But my P. Delhezi is captive bred, so I would say ask wherever you wanna buy it from, and ideally specify a species you like. Also a general rule of thumb, larger fish tend to be wild caught and smaller ones captive bred, not definitive but I have seen this quite a lot.

Would you mind if I asked where you got that SA lungfish?
 
Flowerhorn cichlids
(Blood Red) Parrot cichlids
Red Texas cichlids

Are not really found in the wild.. they were made (crossbreed)...
 
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