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Asian Red Arowana:
Asian Arowana has several varieties of freshwater fish in the genus Scleropages. Some sources differentiate these varieties into multiple species; they have different strains to belong to a single species Scleropages famous they have common name Asian Arowana they are long in length and smart in water.

The silver arowana, is a South American freshwater bony fish of the family Osteoglossidae. Silver arowanas are sometimes kept in aquariums, but they are predatory and require a very large tank. The generic name Osteoglossum means "bone-tongued" and the specific name bicirrhosum means "two barbels".

The High Back Red Tail Golden Arowanas found in Pekanbaru of Indonesia. The scales are copper-gold in color with some purplish shine. The back of the fish are dark in color, ranging grey, brown to black. The tail color have 1/3 to 2/3 divisions, the top 1/3 are dark in color and the bottom 2/3 have purplish-red to brownish-red color. The dorsal fin and the anac(near the anus) fin color follow the 1/3 and 2/3 of the tail color respectively.

The Crossback Golden Arowana sometime also called as Malayan Bonytongue. It has golden scales to the fourth column and pinkish abdomen when young. When the fish grow up, the golden scales willl escalate to the fifth column(hence cross-back) and the pink abodomen disappear. The scales may have different basecolor such as gold, silver or blue. Blue being the rarest. The scales can also divided into thin or thick golden frame. Thin frame scales bluebase crossback gold are one of the most demanded arowana and hence often the most expensive.

Red Arowanas is found in Kalimantan and Sumatra of Indonesia. They can be divided into 1st grade red and 2nd grade red. 1st grade red can have different intensity of color ranging from yellow to orange to red to blood-red and chilli-red. The higher intensity red is more desirable and often demand very high price. It is often difficult to distinguish the 1st grade from the 2nd grade red Arowanas when the fish is young.

young 1st grade red's tail and the anal fin have intense red color and their scales are shiny gold in color with some green at the base. Young 2nd grade red has orange fins and the scales color are no obvious and often whitish silver. When the fish grows, in 1st grade red, the color of the fins remains red, their scales and the gill cover will develop its color. The type of color it will developed depends on which type of the 1st grade of red you have. On the other hand, the adult 2nd grade red will only have pinkish or orange colored fins, thier scales and gill color will only developed pink or orange color.
Indonesian Green Arowana displays a pearlescence of light green through the skin. It has little variety in colour and for this reason is the lowest value Asian Arowana It has the unique personality and genetic characteristics of the Red and Golden Asian Arowana. However, it is not considered to have the same connection with Feng Sui or wealth.