Yellow tail
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How big and old is this YT?
Your aro is the real yellowtail. Many of the old timers still refers yellowtail as a banjar red. There is actually another yellowtail that is from green (Scleropages formosus) x yellowtail (Scleropages macrocephalus) crossed. This yellowtail will show a white tip on the caudal fin and much darker horse shoe patterns, similar to a green aro but with yellowtail. Pure breed yellowtail (Scleropages macrocephalus) will have pale color thus the name silver asian arowana came from. Both yellowtail and greytail aka pinoh green arowana are the same species. You can easily tell a green asian arowana (Scleropages formosus) by it's robust or higher body profile, with white tip on caudal tail and darker green horse shoe patterns. Silver asian arowana (Scleropages macrocephalus) will have much bigger head, slightly lower body profile similar to pure breed crossbacks.
First banjar red was actually a cross of Greytail or pinoh green (Scleropages macrocephalus) x super red (Scleropages legendrei). However back in those day. Greytail is just another green arowana (Scleropages formosus). A young (Scleropages macrocephalus) x (Scleropages legendrei) will actually look exactly like a juvenile Super red when young. Many of the banjar reds today are cross of green arowana (Scleropages formosus) x super red (Scleropages legendrei) which can be easily tell apart from juveniles banjar red and juvenile super red. It's actually harder to find a true greytail or pinoh green arowana (Scleropages macrocephalus), due to the mix up of green arowana (Scleropages formosus). All this hybrids and accidental mixed up would not have happened if the classification of the Asian Aros were separated a long time ago. We could have track down which are cross and which are pure. Even if the looks of the fish look like a pure breed fish, but it's DNA may not be.
First banjar red was actually a cross of Greytail or pinoh green (Scleropages macrocephalus) x super red (Scleropages legendrei). However back in those day. Greytail is just another green arowana (Scleropages formosus). A young (Scleropages macrocephalus) x (Scleropages legendrei) will actually look exactly like a juvenile Super red when young. Many of the banjar reds today are cross of green arowana (Scleropages formosus) x super red (Scleropages legendrei) which can be easily tell apart from juveniles banjar red and juvenile super red. It's actually harder to find a true greytail or pinoh green arowana (Scleropages macrocephalus), due to the mix up of green arowana (Scleropages formosus). All this hybrids and accidental mixed up would not have happened if the classification of the Asian Aros were separated a long time ago. We could have track down which are cross and which are pure. Even if the looks of the fish look like a pure breed fish, but it's DNA may not be.
