Beautiful hard-boned tongue fish
Synonym? Arowana (commonly known as Asian arowana) generally refers to beautiful hard-boned tongue fish.
This entry is compiled and applied by the scientific entry of "Popular Science China"? Review.
Beautiful hard-boned tongue fish (scientific name: Scleropages formosus): also known as Asian arowana and arowana. It is an ancient primitive freshwater fish. Native to rivers and lakes in Malaysia, Indonesia and Sumatra.
Adult fish are 40-50 cm long and have a life span of several decades. Fierce temperament, mainly hunting live fish and shrimp, aquatic insects, frogs and so on. Parent fish keep their eggs in their mouths until they hatch, so they have the common name of "Dragon Spitting Beads". Since the middle of the 20th century, it has been developed into an ornamental fish. It has attracted much attention because of its shiny metallic lodicule like armor, bright colors (gold, red, etc.) and majestic manners. Its value has risen to tens of thousands of dollars, and it has become one of the most precious ornamental fish, including Golden Dragon, Red Dragon and Qinglong. Endangered due to overexploitation of resources, it is listed in Appendix I of the protection list of Washington Convention (CITES).