Arowana Fish

Arowanas, also known as aruanas or arawanas, or Dragon fish are freshwater bony fish of the family Osteoglossidae, sometimes known as "bonytongues". In this family of fishes, the head is bony and the elongate body is covered by large, heavy scales, with a mosaic pattern of canals. The dorsal and the anal fins have soft rays and are long based, while the pectoral and ventral fins are small.


There are ten described living species: three from South America, one from Africa, four from Asia, and the remaining two from Australia. Among them there are six known species of Arowanas which use as aquarium fish and all of them can grow to be more 36" long.

• Asian Arowana - are the most expensive of all because they are near-extinct . They are protected species and mainly from Thailand , Sumatra and Malaysia . Asian Arowana have three main colors - Red , Gold and Green

• Australia Arowana - originated from Australia and they look similar to Asian Arowana . Australia Arowana got two types - Pearl and Spotted Arowana . Both looked the same except for the scales and colors. There are even Red or Gold Pearl Arowana.

• Silver Arowana - is the most common Arowana. It is also the cheapest. Silver Arowana have long fin and tail with its whole body silver in color. It can grow up to a very large size about 49 inches!

• Black Arowana - is the same as Silver Arowana but its fin and tail are black-color. Black Arowana are harder to raise than Silver Arowana.
  

Asian Arowana - ( Super Red Arowana )

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Asian Arowana - ( Pearl Arowana )

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Golden Arowana

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African Arowana

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Silver Arowana

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