Are you fond of taking care of aquarium fish? This article is for you.
When we started to set up a simple aquarium, we asked our
local dealership what kind of fish is the easiest to care, which fish requires
a lot of attention and of course, whish fish is expensive. Within these series
of questions, we are now taking care different varieties of Mollies, Betta fish
and our favorite, we named him Ace, the Flower Horn.
The Asian Arowana |
Arowanas are freshwater bony fish of the subfamily Osteoglossinae, also known as bony tongues (the latter name is now often reserved for Arapaiminae). In this family of fish, the head is bony and the elongated body is covered by large, heavy scales, with a mosaic pattern of canals. The dorsal and anal fins have soft rays and are long based, while the pectoral and ventral fins are small. The name "bonytongues" is derived from a toothed bone on the floor of the mouth, the "tongue", equipped with teeth that bite against teeth on the roof of the mouth. The arowana is a facultative air breather and can obtain oxygen from air by sucking it into its swim bladder, which is lined with capillaries like lung tissue.
The Platinum Arowana |
According to a lot of Aquarium fish enthusiast, Arowana is the most expensive fish to have. As we conduct our own research, there is one specific Arowana that is so expensive not just because of its beauty, but for its rarity.
Protected by the Endangered Species Act, the Asian arowana
is nearly depleted from the wild. In 1975, 183 countries signed a treaty
classifying it as a rare species and banning the fish from international trade.
To this day, it cannot legally be brought into the United States.
Another of the same specie or family is the Platinum Arowana. Since they're scarce and closely related to local mythology, Platinum Arowanas are so limited, and if you stumble upon one, you need to shell out at least $400,000. They consider them as an endangered species, which makes trading of this fish illegal and almost impossible to buy.
So you might wonder if you can have this kind of pet.
Hindrance is it is not just so crazy expensive, it is dangerously rare.
Cheerio!
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