CTSA# 117, Raising the Silver Arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)

CTSA# 117

Raising the Silver Arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)

Christopher L. Brown, Ph.D.

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Arowanas are large, majestic fish with enormous, pearly scales. The family Osteoglossidae emerged in the Jurassic Age and appears to have changed little in the last 150 million years. It is a unique and striking group of fishes and always very much in demand in the ornamental fish trade. To date, only three captive spawnings of these fishes have been documented. The arowanas (sometimes spelled “aruanas” or “arrowanas”) are one of the most valuable of ornamental fishes, commanding prices ranging into the hundreds or thousands of dollars per fish. Their common Chinese names, the “Dragon Fish” or “God Fish” give some idea of the mystique that is associated with these fishes.

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