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Omani blind cave fish (1991)

Garra barreimiae, off-show in the Aquarium. I believe that this fish may be one of the original breeding group.
The marbles are an old fish-breeders trick for species which may eat their own eggs - the eggs fall between the marbles out of reach of the adults. Incidentally, I found these fish very difficult to photograph and I couldn't work out why, intil I suddenly realised that I automatically focus on the fish's eye.

Alan
Garra barreimiae, off-show in the Aquarium. I believe that this fish may be one of the original breeding group.
The marbles are an old fish-breeders trick for species which may eat their own eggs - the eggs fall between the marbles out of reach of the adults. Incidentally, I found these fish very difficult to photograph and I couldn't work out why, until I suddenly realised that I automatically focus on the fish's eye :rolleyes:

Alan
 
A few can be seen in the aquarium, but will eventually be moved to the Fruit Bat Forest, or whatever they call it now.

I always thought that Chester had achieved the only captive breeding in the world, but International Zoo Yearbook volume 35, page 346 lists Vancouver as having bred them in 1994.

The original stock was imported into the U.K. in 1980, so the survivors are quite old now.
 

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