Description
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Asian Arowana grows up to 90 cm (35 in) in total length.[9] Like all Scleropages. Buy Asian Arowana Fish
Asian arowanas have long bodies; large, elongated pectoral fins, dorsal and anal fins located far back on the body; and a much larger caudal fin than that of their South American relative, the silver Arowana, Osteoglossum bicirrhosum. The mouth is oblique with a very wide gape. The prominent lower jaw has two barbels at its tip. The gill rakers are stout. Asian arowanas bear teeth on many mouth bones, including the jaws, vomer, palatines, pterygoids, parasphenoid, and tongue.
Asian Arowana scales are large, cycloid, and, in some varieties, metallic-colored, with a distinctive mosaic pattern of raised ribs. The lateral scales are arranged in horizontal rows numbered from the most ventral (first level) to the most dorsal (fifth level), with dorsal scales designated the sixth level.
The Asian Arowana is the most expensive aquarium fish on the planet, fetching tens of thousands of dollars in the pet and black markets.
