Target Lists
Updated September 22, 2011
LIVEBEARERS:
Any Anableps
species, Belonesox belizanus, any Jenynsia species, Skiffia
bilineata and francesae, any Girardinichthys species, Hubbsinia
turneri, any Allodontichthys species, any Hemirhamphidae, any
Syngnathid (Fresh or Marine), any Livebearing Stingray
See livebearer target list page 8257 on the CAOAC CD-ROM.
CATFISH:
All catfish except these groups -
Corydoras aeneus, paleatus, melini, metae, trilineatus, pygmaeus and
Ancistrus, cf. cirrhosis (common bushy nose Pleco*) and look alikes,
Megalechis thoracatum and picta (formerly Hoplosternum),
Lepthoplosternum pectorale (formerly Hoplosternum). Reference is
Planet Catfish Web Site.
RASBORAS:
All Microrasbora, Boraras, Sawbwa, Trigonostigma. All Rasboras
except daniconius & trilineata.
BARBS:
Tinfoils, Barbus callipterus, cummingi, fasciatus, everetti,
holotaenia, hulstaerti, orphoides, janssensi, rhomboocelatus,
viviparous, gelius.
CHARACINS:
Silver dollars (Mytennis), All Paracheirodon, Exodon, All
Piranha species, Rummynose (Hemigrammus bleheri & rhodostomus),
Loretto, Distichodus, Pencilfish (Nannostomus & Nannobrycon),
Anostomus, Leporinus, Hatchets (Carnegiellia, Gasteropelecus,
Thoracocharax), Poecilocharax weitzmani, Sabrefin (Crenuchus
spilurus), Belgian flag (Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus), Bleeding
Heart (Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma), All African Characins.
ANABANTIDS:
All Sphaerichthys, Kissers (Helostoma temminckii), Moonlight
(Trichogaster microlepis), Osphronemus gorami, All Parosphromenus,
Ctenopoma except fasciolatus. Betta macrostoma.
SHARKS, EELS & LOACHES: ALL.
MARINE: ALL.
GOBIES & KNIVES: ALL.
CICHLIDS: All from Class D of African Rift Lake.
NEOTROPICAL: All Symphysodon, Uaru species, Taeniacara
candidi, Oscars, Cichla, Crenicichla, Crenicara, Dicrossus, Apistos
[All except agassizii, borelli, cacatuoides], Apistogrammoides
pucallpaensis; Chaetobranchus, Chaetobranchopsis,
Pterophyllum altum & leopoldi.
OLD WORLD: all Nanochromis, Teleogramma, Congochromis,
Limbochromis, Parananochromis, Tylochromis, Pelmatochromis,
Pterochromis
KILLIES:
All Aphyolebias, Campellolebias, Trigonectes, Neofundulus, Moema,
Pituna, Papiliolebias, Gnatholebias, Renova, Pterolebias,
Nothobranchius - eggersi, geminus, leukei, janpapi, lourensi,
neumanni, microlepis, occelatus, luekei, taeniopygus, orthonotus,
robustus, kafuensis, kuhntae, furzeri, kirki, All Callopanchax.
Lamprichthys, Terranatos dolichopterus, Rivulus xiphidium, roloffi,
Aplocheilus huberi, dayi, all Diapteron, Pseudepiplatys annulatus.
OTHERS:
Pantodon, All Leaf
fish, Iriatherina werneri, Puffers, Scats, Monos, Bonytongues,
Mormyrids, Mudskippers
This is a tentative list and any questions regarding this list
should be forwarded to the committee. This list will be revised as
required and fish which are new to the hobby will be evaluated by
the committee after they have been available for sufficient time to
form an opinion. Any fish not known to have been previously spawned
or only spawned accidently on rare occasions. If you are breeding a
fish that you think should be on this list, please contact the
Committee Chairman for a ruling.