which freshwater fish are considered a "phoenix"
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Ooops, they beat me to it. It cannot be the flowerhorn.
I live in China and this is what I got and read around from here. The arowana is a large fish. The tradition says the larger it is, the more bad luck it absorbs from the owner. The flagtail grows to 16" so it is relatively large. There are other variants of the phoenix as its requirement is the long flowing tail hence the dischitodus. You can see that along with the flagtail, the distichodus and the datnoids, they are all barred which brings luck according to them. The arowana absorbs bad luck the others bring in good luck. The flowerhorn is a source of "qi" or energy as it is itself also a dragon variant. There are many other lucky fish as they say. Among them is the peacock bass (particularly the monoculus and the ocellaris) as they are called 3-barred emperors here. The black dorsal fins represent crown and the yellowish color for gold. The leucistic giant gouramis are also good luck bringers here. There are many variants to this interpretation of lucky fish and it seems to be constantly eroded from the minds of the younger generation so it is very difficult to find someone who can say directly what each fish represents.
I live in China and this is what I got and read around from here. The arowana is a large fish. The tradition says the larger it is, the more bad luck it absorbs from the owner. The flagtail grows to 16" so it is relatively large. There are other variants of the phoenix as its requirement is the long flowing tail hence the dischitodus. You can see that along with the flagtail, the distichodus and the datnoids, they are all barred which brings luck according to them. The arowana absorbs bad luck the others bring in good luck. The flowerhorn is a source of "qi" or energy as it is itself also a dragon variant. There are many other lucky fish as they say. Among them is the peacock bass (particularly the monoculus and the ocellaris) as they are called 3-barred emperors here. The black dorsal fins represent crown and the yellowish color for gold. The leucistic giant gouramis are also good luck bringers here. There are many variants to this interpretation of lucky fish and it seems to be constantly eroded from the minds of the younger generation so it is very difficult to find someone who can say directly what each fish represents.
I'm guessing it's Flagtail, cuz their is an asian fish shop like 2 hrs from me and I asked him about Flagtail Proch.. he was stunned for a bit and then he said ''Oh the flying phoenix.''
