Heteropneustes Fossilis/Asian Stinging Catfish

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Oddball said:
Not every state follows the federal list. Even though trafficking air-sac cats across state lines is illegal, any cats already in states not listing these cats as prohibited are legal to retain.
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Pretty sure the whole family of Clariidae are banned in United States, not just southern United States since the Clariidae is on Lacey Act list.
 
That's true. All Clariidae are on the federal list. But, as stated, not all states have adopted the federal list. In fact, there are still states with no list (therefore no enforcement). So, any federally banned species within those states with either no restricted list or no adoption of the federal restricted list into their own state list are considered as being legal due to no implementation of any system to inform citizens of or enforce the law.

One prime example is Maryland which adopted the federal laws concerning snakeheads. But, only the larger non-tropical species. Maryland still allows the possession of the smaller tropical species of snakeheads with the condition that no new specimens are allowed to cross state lines (per the federal law) into the state. And, no sales/trades/trafficking of permitted species are allowed out of the state.
 
Importing these cats into United States would be tricky that's for sure!
 
That's where the federal trafficking laws would bite you. They're illegal to bring into the US and illegal to transport across state lines. The only ones available would be those already within a non-enforcing state before the federal ban was enacted.
 
Oddball said:
That's where the federal trafficking laws would bite you. They're illegal to bring into the US and illegal to transport across state lines. The only ones available would be those already within a non-enforcing state before the federal ban was enacted.
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I take it that nobody breeding these cats? Almost nonexistent?
 
Nice looking really active cat. There's a video on Planet Catfish. I want one :grinno:
 
so do i need a permit to keep one cuz i really want they are for sale on aquabid for only 15 bucks :woot:if only i could keep them in arizona :cry:
 
There have been a couple of spawnings but nothing that would support any sort of market.

There is no permit to apply for other than those for public aquaria and for institution-level research.
 
Oddball said:
There have been a couple of spawnings but nothing that would support any sort of market.

There is no permit to apply for other than those for public aquaria and for institution-level research.
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So why they are for sale on aquabid if the seller cannot import them across the state lines?
 
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