Arowana is called "AROWANA" in its place of origin, which means "long tongue" in Spanish. Mainland China calls it "dragon fish", Hong Kong people call it "dragon spitting beads", Taiwanese people call it "silver belt", and Japanese people call it "silver ship sword".
Arowana is one of the few remaining ancient fishes.
Colorful Arowana
The whole body of the Arowana is shining with cyan light. Its round scales glow pink when exposed to light, and each fin also shows various colors. Different arowanas have different colors. For example, the juvenile red dragons in Southeast Asia have small red scales and reddish white. When adults, the edges of the gill cover and lingula are dark red, and the scales are shiny; the edges of the scales of the golden dragon, platinum dragon, and green dragon are golden yellow and white gold respectively. and cyan, among which those with purple-red patches are the most valuable.
Arowana species
Osteoglossidae fish are found in 4 places: Asia, South America, Australia, and Africa. Mainly produced in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Asian arowana can be subdivided into 7 types according to their pure bloodline: pepper red dragon, blood red dragon, orange red dragon, over-back golden dragon, red-tailed golden dragon, green dragon and yellow-tailed dragon.
Chili Red Dragon: Grows in the south of Sentalam Lake. It is currently the most expensive red dragon. There are two kinds of it: the first kind has blue scales; the second kind has green fish skin on its head.
Blood Red Dragon: The origin of the Blood Red Dragon is exactly the opposite of the chili red one. It is north of Sentalam Lake. The body of the adult blood-red dragon fish is mainly covered by thin-framed scales, and the gill covers are also red.
Orange-red dragon: Produced from the Ketongawu River and its tributaries. The body of a fully developed orange-red dragon is longer than that of a blood-red dragon, generally reaching 90 centimeters. The gill covers of this fish are orange-red, and the scales are usually orange.
Red-tailed Golden Dragon: The Red-tailed Golden Dragon is native to Sumatra Island in Indonesia and grows in the local Pekanbaru River and Kanbar River.
There are two types of arowanas in Australia: the star-spotted dragon and the star-spotted dragon.
It has golden star spots, the body color of the adult fish is silver with beautiful yellow, the dorsal fin is olive green, and the abdomen has a silver sheen.
Star-spotted dragon: Found in northern Australia and New Guinea, it has a small body, a pointed mouth, a golden body color with silver, half-moon scales, a slight gold edge on the gill cover, tail fin, and dorsal fin. Has golden markings.
There are three main species of fish in the family Osteoglossidae in South America: silver dragon, black dragon, and elephant fish (also called walrus and arapaima).
There is only one type of African bonefish. Known as the Nile Arowana, it is distributed in the middle and upper reaches of the Nile River and tropical West Africa. Its appearance is similar to the Asian and Australian Arowana.
Arowana is a large freshwater fish. It existed as early as the ancient Carboniferous period. The discovery of this fish began in 1829 in the Amazon Basin of South America, when it was named by the American ichthyologist Dr. Vandell. In 1933, French ichthyologist Dr. Belugalon discovered red arowana in Saigon, Vietnam. In 1966, French ichthyologists Blanc and Dobarton discovered another species of Arowana in Phnom Penh. Later, experts and scholars from some countries discovered other arowana species in Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Banga Island, Borneo and Thailand in Indonesia, so they divided the arowana into golden arowana, orange-red arowana, and golden arowana. Fish, platinum arowana, green arowana and silver arowana etc. The real introduction of fish into aquariums as an ornamental fish began in the United States in the late 1950s, and it was not until the 1980s that it gradually became popular around the world.
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