In August, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed a rule under section 4d of the Endangered Species Act that would criminalize the import and export of Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, in the United States. While the applicable legal and regulatory…
NOAA’s Proposal to Ban Banggai Cardinals is Instantly Out of Date
Reef Builders has learned that this week NOAA has announced a proposed rule to ban the import and export of Banggai cardinalfish in the USA, following a 2021 petition from conservation groups. “Far too many of these gorgeous little fish…
Marine Fish Workshop to be held at CITES CoP 19
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species is to discuss ornamental fish species at their annual Conference of Parties, held this year in Panama. The Convention regulates everything wild from Tigers to Timber, with the aim of ensuring that…
Banggai Cardinalfish Are Full Of Personality To Quickly Fill A Small Tank
When deciding what fish to get for our new reef tank, a captive-bred Banggai cardinalfish was always at the top of my list. Hardy, and adaptable and full of personality we knew the Banggai cardinal would be a perfect fit.…
The Panda banggai cardinalfish mutation reappears
It’s been almost three years since we first reported about the the Panda Banggai cardinalfish mutation, and we’ve heard nary a peep more about this exciting fish. The Panda Banggai is the first domesticated marine fish strain to show up outside…
Are Banggai cardinalfish endangered species or invasive species?
Earlier this week, the results of a 12-month finding by the National Marine Fisheries Service has concluded to propose the beloved Banggai cardinalfish as an endangered species. Together with three species of little-known stony corals, the Banggai cardinalfish, which is…
Quality Marine offering LFS a free femininus for buying 100 banggais
Here’s a special promotion from Quality Marine that is exclusively for the legit fish store businesses; buy 100 aquacultured banggai cardinalfish and QM will throw in a sweet, coveted femininus wrasse. A hundred banggai cardinalfish sounds like a lot of money…
Banggai Rescue Project book goes on sale at MACNA this week
For any of our readers who have been following the Banggai Rescue Project, we have some great news — the long-awaited book from the Banggai Rescue Project is finally launching at MACNA this week in Florida. The new book titled Banggai…
Panda Banggai cardinalfish revealed in first ever video appearance
The Panda Banggai cardinalfish is the first domestically produced captive strain of the iconic reef aquarium fish, Pterapogon kauderni. We got our first look at the half-black Panda Banggai at the Tropical Marine Centre booth at InterZoo 2012 where TMC…
Panda Banggai cardinalfish is the first captive strain of this iconic reef fish
The Panda Banggai Cardinalfish is an exciting new strain of Pterapogon kauderni which is a huge achievement for a fish which has captivated the hearts and minds of so many fish lovers. Hailing from a huge operation of banggai cardinalfish…
