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Asian arowana is an endangered species and banned in the United States. It is a status symbol among wealthy Asian men. An albino arowana sold for a record price of $300,000 in 2009. [8] Most pet arowana are farmed behind high-security fences. Arowanas are solitary fish and only allow company while young; adults may show dominance and aggression.
Barbel sketch Koi carp have two pairs of barbels, the second pair being quite small. This Asian arowana has large, protruding barbels. In fish anatomy and turtle anatomy, a barbel is a slender, whiskerlike sensory organ near the mouth (sometimes called whiskers or tendrils).
The silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum) is a South American freshwater bony fish of the family Osteoglossidae. Silver arowanas are sometimes kept in aquariums, but they are predatory and require a very large tank. [2] The generic name Osteoglossum means "bone-tongued" and the specific name bicirrhosum means "two barbels" (from the Greek ...
The Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus) comprises several phenotypic varieties of freshwater fish distributed geographically across Southeast Asia. [3] While most consider the different varieties to belong to a single species, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 3 ] [ 7 ] work by Pouyaud et al. (2003) [ 8 ] differentiates these varieties into multiple species .
The diet of the arapaima consists of fish, crustaceans, fruits, seeds, insects, and small land animals that walk near the shore. [18] The fish is an air breather, using its labyrinth organ, which is rich in blood vessels and opens into the fish's mouth, [19] an advantage in oxygen-deprived water that is often found in the Amazon River.
Scleropages jardinii, the Gulf saratoga, Australian bonytongue, pearl arowana or northern saratoga, is a freshwater bony fish native to Australia and New Guinea, one of two species of fishes sometimes known as Australian arowana, the other being Scleropages leichardti.
Arapaimidae is a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Osteoglossidae.It includes the South American arapaimas of the Amazon and Essequibo basins and the African arowana (Heterotis niloticus) from the watersheds of the Sahelo-Sudanese region, Senegal, Gambia, and parts of Eastern Africa. [1]
Osteoglossidae is a family of large-sized freshwater fish, which includes the arowanas.They are commonly known as bonytongues.The family has been regarded as containing two extant subfamilies Arapaiminae and Osteoglossinae, with a total of five living genera, [1] but these are regarded as valid families in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes [2] The extinct Phareodontinae are known from worldwide ...