The oldest freshwater fish lives only a dozen years or so, yet a single one is worth tens of thousands of yuan
More and more people are now keeping ornamental fish. Keeping ornamental fish not only makes the home look pleasing to the eye, but also carries good symbolism, and some people simply like having creatures swimming around at home. As people's living standards have risen, their demands for ornamental fish have also grown, and the prices of some ornamental fish keep climbing. Today I will introduce a valuable ornamental fish: although its lifespan is very short, its price is extremely high.
It is the Asian arowana, one of the oldest freshwater fish, which already appeared on Earth more than three million years ago. On either side of the Asian arowana's large mouth grow two barbels, which is why it is called the dragon fish. The Asian arowana has a very fierce temperament and in the water lives on live fish, live shrimp, insects and so on, and its hunting ability is also very strong. The scales of the Asian arowana are extremely glossy, making it look like a warrior in armor; it looks awe-inspiring, and together with its ferocious nature it is truly an overlord in the water. It is precisely this awe-inspiring appearance that leads many people to keep the Asian arowana as an ornamental fish, and its price grows more expensive year after year.
Although the Asian arowana is expensive, in reality its lifespan is only a dozen years or so. Although that is already not a short lifespan among fish, the price of an Asian arowana is now several tens of thousands of yuan each. Keeping the Asian arowana as an ornamental fish is especially popular in Southeast Asia, particularly in wealthy countries such as Singapore, where people do not hesitate to spend tens of thousands of yuan to buy Asian arowanas for viewing, which counts as a fashionable trend at present. But keeping an Asian arowana at home, with its green luster refracting under the water light, really looks extremely beautiful, and the fins of the Asian arowana also display all kinds of colors, something other ornamental fish cannot achieve.
However, because wild Asian arowanas are few in number to begin with, and because of overfishing by people, they are now an endangered protected species. Therefore Asian arowanas are farmed in Southeast Asia and in China, and at present domestic demand for Asian arowanas in China is also very large; they are extremely popular in the aquarium market, so their price has remained high, making them the nobility among ornamental fish. The Asian arowana is divided into many types; the most expensive are the golden arowana and the blood-red arowana, followed by the silver arowana, and all of them are currently being farmed.
Even though the price is high, it still cannot hold back people's affection for the Asian arowana. An Asian arowana costing tens of thousands of yuan, plus the usual spending on its bait, adds up to a considerable sum. I wonder whether any readers here have seen an Asian arowana?