Banggai Cardinalfish

[poo-tang]

just heard( from a LFS owner) that this fish will soon be red-listed...put on the endanged species list. within the next 6 months. He presumably got this information from his wholesaler. i do not know if this is where he got this information. I know this fish is being breed in captivity but the cost is like 3X...that is his cost. can anyone confirm or deny this claim?

also the price differance is 40 dollars and i would like 3 of them. i don't want to help drive the species extinct but that is a savings of 120 dollars and this guy always has like 10 in his tanks. what would you do?