The Species Maintenance Programs of the SAA are directed at preserving species in the hobby as well as securing the future of endangered species. We do not aim to preserve every single strain in the hobby or every wild population but rather focus on the species. For this task one or more strains may be focused on but always the goal is to preserve the species above any one strain.

  If you should choose to join us in this task you would have to pledge to the following goals and methods:

• Maintain the species for 2 or more years.
• Activley distribute fish and eggs.
• Swop eggs of the same species with other members of the mainteance group at least every three generations
• To maintain the genetic fitness and variability of the fish by performing out crosses.
• To cross with the most distantly related strain.
• Maintain accurate record to [track lineages] and keep track of to whom fish were distributed.

  A feed back form where you can volunteer can be found [here].

  Based on the 2002 Census the following species are considered rare and in danger of being lost to the hobby and/or the wild. The underlined species are in dire need of assistance.

  The following fish are currently new to the hobby and need a hand getting established. If you are breeding these fish [let us know] so we can put you to work!

• Aphyolebias sp. aff. rubrocaudatus (=Pterolebias sp. New)
  
• Aphyolebias sp. "Peru"
  
• Austrolebias sp. CXCL001 "Benado Medina"
  
• Austrolebias sp. CXCL008 "Cerro Largo"
  
• Austrolebias sp. CXCL009
  
• Gnatholebias hoignei
  
• Gnatholebias zonatus
  
• Moema sp. Peru
  
• Plesiolebias sp. "Xingu" (Altamira, Rio Xingu, Brazil)
  
• Pterolebias sp. aff. longipinnis "Majaro"
  
• Rachovia maculipinnis
  
• Rachovia pyropunctata
  
• Simpsonichthys sp. BA-2-02
  
• Trigonectes sp. "Araguaia" (Rio Araguaia, Brasil)