As far as I can see non of the new amphilophus spp are in the hobby. I could see why maybe some of them have never been brought in A tolteca for instance being very similar to A zaliosus. But I would have thought there would have been a demand for a yellow/greenish amph in A globosus or a amph with large eyebrows/frowning like A supercillas.
Why aren't they in the hobby.
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At least of late, Nicaragua has been having a rebel/political conflict making it a very dangerous place to be. So collecting, or even research would not be a priority. Local people are using readily available grenades to fish for their dinner, making just being in or near the water in the lakes risky.
This along with many of the more stable countries of the area becoming more and more environmentally conscious, and not wanting to have their endemic plants and animals removed by foreigners for free, on principal.
We all realize cichlids are a main part of a staple diet for people, and this of course puts much more pressure fish populations than a collector or two, but feeding local populations is looked at differently than interlopers coming in a carpetbagging resources.
This along with many of the more stable countries of the area becoming more and more environmentally conscious, and not wanting to have their endemic plants and animals removed by foreigners for free, on principal.
We all realize cichlids are a main part of a staple diet for people, and this of course puts much more pressure fish populations than a collector or two, but feeding local populations is looked at differently than interlopers coming in a carpetbagging resources.
At the end of the day and especially with fish that in a generation of aquarium breeding won't have the morphology of wild fish, they're just "red devils" to 99.9% of the aquarium hobby and will be without strong provenance and labeling virtually indistinguishable from other Amphilophus.
Export for the hobby in Nicaragua is periodic (vs. regular imports from Peru, Colombia, Brazil, etc.).
Export for the hobby in Nicaragua is periodic (vs. regular imports from Peru, Colombia, Brazil, etc.).
Thanks, i forgot Nicaragua is in turmoil and basically trying to sell it self to China in exchange for a canal.
Among other things, lol, even parts of niger and Lima have had conflicts that make any export/import risky.
In addition who needs another barred amphilophus, most ppl have no interest in another generic brown fish....I like brown fish but that doesn't mean much...
