Just an old book???

[noidea]

Ok I was looking through an old book and in 2 different sections(other american species and other Asian species) it showed what looked to be the same fish. In the Asian section it showed a Dragon fish(Scleropages formosus) and in the other section it showed an Arawana(Osteoglossum bicirrhosum). What puzzled me was I thought Arawana was spelled Arowana and I thought another common name for it was Dragon fish.

Are these 2 seperate species or is the book wrong and what is the difference between the 2 if the are different???

 

[kriztu]

yes, american species,african species, asian species and australian species are all distinct. there are even distinct varieties of all these, all arowanas, all bonytongues but only asians are usually called dragonfishes

 

[David R]

What puzzled me was I thought Arawana was spelled Arowana

It is. Arawana, arrowana, etc are all wrong.

 

[HiGhTiMeZ]

It is. Arawana, arrowana, etc are all wrong.

No actually Arawana and arowana are both accepted names in different locations.

 

[David R]

No actually Arawana and arowana are both accepted names in different locations.