I'm talking about Scleropages formosus and Scleropages jardini. They are sister taxa. If someone did get these to mate then would the offspring be legal in the US? I bet the young would have traits of both parents; colorful like an Asian but mean as hell like a jar. Maybe a little more mellowed. Breeding has gone so far with the Asian so I think that this may be possible. My African cichlids even in different genera will mate and produce offspring. We've got parrot cichlids and gumball mollies; why not a jar, Asian hybrid?
Has anyone tried mating them?
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Yup, that would really lessen the value of the asian arowana. but i would still buy one if its going to be legal in the U.S.
Not sure how feasible it would be to breed the two species, but I'm sure tons of baby asian arowanas are imported into the states, labelled as baby Jardini's...LOL 
i want one! and i live in the uk! so leagality isn't really an issue.... if its possible im more than up for making it my life long mission! @ 21 i think i should have enougth time to do it, just about.... if its possible that is... where do i start with researching the possiblity anyone?
in fact how do i get to serious reasearch, who do i need to speak to find out if this would be possible, and if it would create fish leagall to the usa. if so the may be a real market for these fish, morethan one might first think! oviously would depend on the asian base, but idf you could do it, with asian female's and jar male's.. you could end up with colorful semi peaceful jars... they would be sick!
its hard enough to get them to breed with the same species, let alone cross breeding arowanas. most likely wont ever happen.
ermgravy;996000; said:
Maybe Oddball can help us out. If they are bred then there would have to be laws that none would be released in the wild. It seems to me that you would have to get a large poly circular breeding container. Maybe like 1000 gallons. Make sure the water is heated, filtered and softened with the Almond leaf extract. Put in a single known male jar. (He could be surgically sexed if there are no sexual differences) and then 3 female Asians that are known producers. Feed them well with foods to enhance reproduction. (Play Bolero on your Ipod to them; it worked for Bo Derek
)You would have to study the pond culture method for Asians. I don't know if you could just get milt from the jar and fertilize Asian eggs in the lab and incubate these with a egg tumbler. You would have to conceal your identity and operation because of possible sabotage by Asian breeders. I didn't write this!I would almost guarantee this could be made in a lab! but i can't tell you if the fish would naturally pair up... very possible under the right conditions though... IMO
Both species likely originated from a single ancestral fish. The populations became isolated when tectonic upheavals separted Australia from the Asian continent. The new isolated species could not mate because of geologic separation. (reproductive isolation) The mechanisms for cross species fertilization and genetic compatablity may still exist.