Sentences with word «arowana»

While many people are familiar with the idea of dogs and cats getting chipped, the practice is also used with exotic pets like the Asian arowana fish, above, when there's concern of possible smuggling or sale of wild animals.

At the center of international intrigue, the shimmering arowana is a predator «the length of a samurai sword.»

There are even large pellets for such fish as arowanas, pacu, Oscars, shovel - nosed catfish and, of course, goldfish and koi.

I like July for oddball fish — examples include arowanas, Polypterus, true gouramis, sharks (mainly cyprinids), predatory characoids and stingrays.

Avoid ornaments with sharp edges which can injure arowanas.

It has been said that arowana brings good fortune to the owners because of the resemblance of this...

California man pleads guilty to smuggling Asian arowana, the most expensive aquarium fish in the world

From the South Bronx to Singapore, journalist Emily Voigt follows the trail of the fish, ultimately embarking on a years - long quest to find the arowana in the wild, venturing deep into some of the last remaining tropical wildernesses on earth.

Treasured as a status symbol believed to bring good luck, the Asian arowana is bred on high - security farms in Southeast Asia and sold by the hundreds of thousands each year.

A riveting journey into the bizarre world of the Asian arowana or «dragon fish» — the world's most expensive aquarium fish — reveals a surprising history with profound implications for the future of wild animals and human beings alike.

The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, Obsession, And the World's Most Coveted Fish, by Emily Voigt, explores the wild dragon fish or Asian arowana, which is protected under CITES (pronounced sigh - tees), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

The best items to flex prices on are the high - ticket specialty fish like three - inch or larger discus; adult pairs of Rift Lake haplochromines and peacocks; arowanas; fancy goldfish and koi; breeding - size Neotropical cichlids; L - number plecos; fancy synodontis; and breeding - size specimens of any schooling fish (bought in quantity).

After a little coaxing a wide variety of fish will take food by hand, including most cichlids, all Botia loaches, South American knifefish, mormyrids, arowanas, monos, scats, dats and many catfish.