Would you consider these fish "rare"?

[Oompa Loompa]

I'm in an argument with someone online, he doesn't believe these fish are considered rare. He's saying he can drive to his LFS and buy these fish any day of the week, he's also claiming they are very common in the hobby and easily attainable. Just want confirmation that I'm not incorrect in saying that these:

P13 rays
P14 rays
Hybrid rays
Widebar silver dollars
Azul pbass
Intermedia pbass
Orino pbass
AUL
Tigrinus cat
Tropical gar
Cuban gar
Spotted gar
Leichardti arowana
Platinum barramundi
Platinum silver aro
Golden dorado
Black bar silver dollar
Arapaima

Thanks, just want to make sure I'm not going crazy

 

[kno4te]

I think everyone on the forum wants to know where this persons lfs is located.

I think some of what u mentioned are so called "rare". But I've seen the others regularly available. Everything is pretty much seasonal.

 

[krichardson]

Just because your friend's shop can get those fish pretty regularly does not mean that they are not rare.It really comes down to the shop and what they are willing to bring in at a given time.
Some shops rarely or never bring in those fish....Take Sharkaquarium for example;it was common to see most of those fish there but drive down the road a bit and the shops there may have never had any of them.

 

[krichardson]

.....okay,I took another look at that list and there are some fish on there that I would consider rare.....the tropical and Cuban gars....the AUL is uber rare lol....and he is telling you that his shop can get AULs any day of the week?

 

[kno4te]

Don't see too many aul, tropical gar or platinum barramundi around.

 

[jsodwi]

I wish I lived by a shop that carried Cuban gars and AUL

 

[Oompa Loompa]

Thanks everyone. I'm surprised nobody talked about the intermedia bass

 

[krichardson]

I guess the inters are at least not as rare as they once were as they are available in some shops and through some vendors here.

 

[predatorkeeper87]

between my two best lfs I can probably get 2 of those fish regularly lol. the rest are definitely rareish if not unobtainable.

 

[krichardson]

between my two best lfs I can probably get 2 of those fish regularly lol. the rest are definitely rareish if not unobtainable.

But that's like what I was saying earlier,if a shop wont bring in certain fish does that make the fish rare?