Friday, 21/12/2012 16:58 (GMT+7)
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Female Three-lined Rasbora (up) and the male (down) ready to be released - Photo: WAR |
(CPV) - More than 150 native fishes, including three-lined rasbora (rasbora trilineata), fighting fish (betta splendens) and rasbora (rasbora paviana) were released into Nhieu Loc Canal at Dien Bien Phu 2 Bridge, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City on December 21st.
Those fish were bred in the programme titled “Breeding and releasing native fishes back to the wild”, started in February 2010 by Wildlife at Risk (WAR).
Accordingly, more than 50 individuals of three-lined rasbora have been successfully bred and released back to the wild for the first time. This species is distributed throughout the south of Vietnam. It’s commonly found in bodies of still water such as lakes, swamps, slow streams and rivers.
The three-lined rasbora feeds on small insects, especially mosquito larva. It also feeds on floating foods including organic matter and thus helps to clean domestic waste water.
With WAR’s support, more than 20 members of the 350 Vietnam Campaign participated in the releasing of these fishes. The activity aims to repopulate native fishes in the wild and encourage local people to use native fishes for aquariums.
So far, over 1300 individuals of four native fish species, including fighting fish, croaking gourami, rasbora and three-lined rasbora, have been released in tributaries of the Saigon River. WAR will continue this programme to breed and release more native species of fresh water fish.
Moreover, you are also encouraged to contact WAR for native fish species for your aquariums and useful consultation related to breeding and releasing native fishes./.