AROWANA (details)
Arowana is a kind of ornamental fish widely raised by people. Its origin is Arowana, and the Chinese pronunciation is "Arowana", which means "long tongue" in Spanish. Its scientific name "SCLEROPAGES" means tongue and hard pharynx. According to taxonomy, arowana belongs to OSTEOGLOSSIDAE (also called Osteoglossidae). Arowana is widely distributed in South America, Australia and other subtropical regions, and it is also commonly known as arowana because it resembles the dragon in China.
arowana, a large freshwater fish, belongs to the family Osteoglossidae. It existed as early as the ancient Carboniferous. The discovery of the fish began in 1829, in the Amazon basin of South America, when it was named by American ichthyologist Dr. Vandell. In 1933, a French ichthyologist, Dr. Belugalan, discovered red arowana in Saigon, Vietnam. In 1966, French ichthyologists Bran and Doberton discovered another species of arowana in Phnom Penh. Later, experts and scholars from some countries discovered other arowana species in Vietnam, Malaysia Peninsula, Sumatra, Banga Island, Borneo and Thailand, so they divided arowana into Arowana, Orange Arowana, Golden Arowana, White Arowana, Arowana and Arowana. The real introduction of aquarium as ornamental fish began in the United States in the late 195s, and it was not until the 198s that it gradually became popular all over the world.