Only one day after my information about possible P. phoenicurus I can confirm that it is this species, indeed!
I have seen a photo showing definitely a young male of this attractive species from Sumatra, the first import containing several hundreds of definite P. phoenicurus. There have been rumours since long, but we could not confirm this because of missing or bad or definitely false photos. This time things are different: The identification is sure, a photo shows this species without doubt. We even have a location that sounds good, for it names “Langgam” as the place where the fish have been caught. I have seen the photo myself and Martin Hallmann has seen it and he cornfirmed the identification, too.
Now attention please: We should act immediately! All who read this and are interested in getting some animals should write to me personally at once (peter.finke at t-online.de). I shall gather the names and postal adresses and forward them to Martin Hallmann who will visit the wholesaler in southern Germany in a few days to discuss how things could go on. It is improbable that he could sent the fsih personally to each of us; he is a wholesaler. We must discuss that; at present I collect names and mail and postal adresses of people who would liek to have some animals out of this stock.
I cannot say how to deal with people not living in Germany; but they should tell me their interest too. By the way, the animals seem to be in good conditions.
Of course, now it is possible that the species appears in other countries, too. It might have before, but now the species is confirmed.We cannot exclude the possibility of a species-mix, but it is less probable than in other cases sind that location seems to be cornfirmed, too.
Please act and tell me your interest and number of pairs. I cannot tell that this will work, but we should try.