Arowana species/varieties

[Hendre]

After some recent requests I have decided to make a quick visual guide to the different arowana species (or variations of such) that you can find on the market. Please not that for Asian arowana there are many varieties and names can vary based on what the farm sells them as. This is intended to be a basic visual guide, nothing more

Silver arowana - Osteoglossum bicirrhosum


Black arowana - Osteoglossum ferreirai


Jardini arowana - Sceleropages jardinii


Leichardti arowana - Sceleropages leichardti

Note the "Spots" on the scales that distinguish it from the Jardini

Myanmar arowana - Sceleropages inscriptus




Asian arowana - Sceleropages sp
(Disclaimer: There are several species and many, many forms so I am lumping them together)

Banjar red:


Red tail gold


Highback gold



Xback (Crossback)


24k xback (24k Crossback)


Blue base xback (Blue base crossback)



Chili/super red:




There are many other types of Asian arowana, those are just a few.

I hope this is useful. Feel free to add if there are more colour forms

 

[islandguy11]

Good job Hendre -- with the exception of Green Arowana (not sold/bought so much nowadays) I think you covered all the bases. Yes there are other types, e.g. Violet Fusion Reds, Goldenheads, etc, but these are pretty much all variations of Reds & Golds, and if anything kind of marketing names.

Also it might be helpful to tag Myanmar Arowana as also being called Batik.

Thx for the effort to make this ID thread.

 

[Rotaryp04s]

African arowana pic from Internet.

 

[BigShawn]

Great idea, and much needed...

 

[Galantspeedz]

a suggestion, to place banjar red together with yellow tail arowana or green arowana

it may mislead newbies to think that banjar red is the same quality/price with a chilli / super red

 

[The-Almighty-Zugs]

Great job Hendre! We needed something like this! I'm sure we can add more of the colors and make this a sticky or something.

 

[Matteus]

Oh dear. I knew I shouldn’t have opened this up. Now I want a bbxb. Will have to go to Phuket and see Barrett’s some day. Lol.

I have been watching a friends green and that has been breaking my dragon lust.

 

[Ogertron3000]

Man, I've never paid much attention to aros and always wondered why our American friends were so uptight that they couldn't get Asians. After seeing these pics I now want one for myself. Unfortunately they are illegal here too.

 

[islandguy11]

Oh dear. I knew I shouldn’t have opened this up. Now I want a bbxb. Will have to go to Phuket and see Barrett’s some day. Lol.

I have been watching a friends green and that has been breaking my dragon lust.

Welcome any time my friend!

 

[Hendre]

Thanks everyone! If there is something you would like to add please post it and I can update the original post
G Galantspeedz please add some photos of a "Green" aro, I didn't know what they looked like so I left them out, maybe you can help