Gentlemen (and ladies),
I really did not intend to start this kind of controversy.
Here is a link to the source of my information.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1295178
If I am interpreting the knowledge/gossip correctly it seems that there has been a period of time where illegal collection took place. Mexico simply did not issue permits for their collection.
It is a very interesting read. I know that the fish I have was collect under a new permit which was recently issued.
In fact the person who collected these was asked by USFW to handle the batch Murminator referred to in his earlier post
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Gorgeous fish.....wasn't one of these was it?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ng/photo2.html
These were collected around two years ago apparently and LFS like
www.oldtownaquarium.com that either knowingly or unknowingly had to remove them from their tanks.
Now if some swam up to Canada then…well you connect the dots.
Anyways I am not calling anyone anything and I am not selling this fish any more. It is a great specimen and I watch it grow and enjoy it over the next few years and then maybe sell it to the Asian market for much more.
If you take the time to read the thread on Reef Central the collector has the market cornered on this species and is doing everything in his marketing to keep the price high including limiting the collection and shorting the demand.
This is probably a good investment.