Legal arowanas in the U.S.

[Skoomakilla]

i agree all asain aros are illeagal

 

[Zoodiver]

So we've established:

All Asian Aros are illegal in the U.S. generally for fishkeepers.

Legal ones are:

South American: Silver, Black, and Arapaima if you want to count it

Australian: Jardini and Leichardti

and African

Arapaima are only legal in the US if you have the correct paper work to go with it.

Other then that, it's an good list.

 

[beblondie]

Family:
Osteoglossidae
Arrowanas the following are legal to keep in the United States
Scleropages jardini = Australian Pearl Arowana AKA: Northern Spotted Barramundi or Jardini Arowana (Northern Australia and New Guinea)
Scleropages leichardti =Australian Spotted Arowana AKA: Spotted Barramundi or Saratoga (Northern Australia and New Guinea)
Osteoglossum ferrerai =Black arrowana (SouthAmerica)
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum =Silver arrwoana (South America)
Arapaima gigas =Arapaima AKA: Giant Arapaima or Pirarucu (South America)(Amazon basin)
Heterotis niloticus Heterotis AKA: African Arowana (River basins of Africa) -Anne

 

[Fry]

Arapaima are only legal in the US if you have the correct paper work to go with it.

Other then that, it's an good list.

ah, thanks for the correction, i've never seen one for sale in person but hear about it so much on here especially from california folk i thought they were just legal

 

[smallguy]

why are asian aros illegal? i dont know very much about any aros so i was just intrested in that

 

[Fry]

why are asian aros illegal? i dont know very much about any aros so i was just intrested in that

endangered species, captive bred specimens with an implanted chip are legal in most countries but not the U.S. because of the Endangered Species Act