According to Xinhua News Agency, the Taiwan Museum of Marine Science and Technology cooperated with the non-governmental team to successfully artificially breed the first generation of seedlings of Taiwan's native freshwater fish "Pasteuris silver catfish".
Chen Yixiong, deputy director of the Taiwan Museum of Marine Science and Technology, introduced that the "Pasteur's Silver Catfish" was first discovered in the wild in 2000 and is currently only stored in the middle and lower reaches of the Wuxi River section in Taichung, in tributary canals and ponds. Due to the impact of river pollution, alien species invasion and road damming and other projects, the living space of this species is greatly threatened, and the "Red Book Catalogue of Freshwater Fish in Taiwan" released in 2017 lists "pasteurized silver catfish" as critically endangered.
" Pasteuris " is a lower class of near-benthic fish that prefers to inhabit the slow-flowing areas of the lower reaches of the stream. Researchers believe that this fish takes about 2 years to mature, which is relatively slow compared to the average freshwater brook fish, which is one of the reasons for the decline in individuals in the wild.
Chen Yixiong introduced that the research team successfully bred the first generation of fry outside the habitat of "Pasteuris silver catfish", and the fry are currently in the rehabilitation center of Taiwan Ocean University.