Scleropages macrocephalus (Silver Asian Arowana)

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so there are different type of green asian aros? some are not really green but silver asian? i'm a little confused. i know there's a snakeskinned green ,
btw when green aros are kept in a dark tank without lighting. they'll turn lighter?
btw here a picture of my banjar. its quite light in color.

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For the sci name, they use for separate the type of arowana in Asia now. But i dont understand why they did like that. Maybe to specify the color.
For the silver arowana. In Asia we know as green arowana some call yellow tail arowana.
Because the light gray scales looks like silver than they call silver arowana.
 
If indeed it's the yellow tail he is referring to then it's fairly common here in KL. Its not worth much. Yes I agree the new classifications are bit confusing especially to old schools like me :)
 
batang_mcdo said:
so there are different type of green asian aros? some are not really green but silver asian? i'm a little confused. i know there's a snakeskinned green ,
btw when green aros are kept in a dark tank without lighting. they'll turn lighter?
btw here a picture of my banjar. its quite light in color.
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The so called snake skinned greens are called Nami greens here in MY. Even though they originate from MY, they are rare. It's hard to tell the difference when they are juveniles.
 
Chaos32 said:
If indeed it's the yellow tail he is referring to then it's fairly common here in KL. Its not worth much. Yes I agree the new classifications are bit confusing especially to old schools like me :)
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yeah, me too:thumbsup: , it was better on taking them all in like how dogs are all canis familiaris:grinyes:

but believe it or not, i think the new classes are because they have just mapped out clear anatomical differences of these varieties. xbacks and greens actually are the same, just the difference in scale framing and color. they are still both S. formosus, and i can personally agree that they have the same body form. its pretty clear that the reds and RTG's have different body types to start the comparison;). we have talked on a little bit of this issue on the stickied thread on scientific bonytongue classes
 
and if im not mistaken, are the banjar reds the 1.5 variety?
 
batang_mcdo said:
I'm not really sure if banjar and 1.5 red are the same.
think banjar is a true breed? is banjar = yellow tail?
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I guess this is where it becomes confusing sometimes. I shall ask the boys for some pics to see if we can visually differenciate them. Stay tuned.
 
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