That's just the smuggle in price, get the proper paper work + import fee, that price would be impossible to do
After Lucky's Aquarium and their snakehead incident, I doubt anyone would be smuggling fish into Canada these days
Big als was selling them @ $199 a piece @ 12"
Until you have a better idea of shipping, cites paperwork, original cost of the fish, how many you can fit in a box, etc. Don't talk about things you don't know. These are on almost every south American list you can find. They are a farm fish that is not that pricy. Cites permit is not that much especially when spread over a whole box of fish. Shipping per box is also not that much, again when spread over a full box of fish. The bigger thing is applying for the permit then waiting till the permit is approved. Currently in that process for one of my other hobbies.
It is very easy to sell them at this price without smuggling them. At the same time whomever brings them in is free to charge whatever they want. It is up to the consumer to decide if the price is good.
I'm not going to touch on smuggling aside from saying that there is lots of it in this hobby and will be while there is money in it.