🐟 Australian Arowana (Scleropages jardinii)
Freshwater Predatory Surface Dweller • Genuine Pearl-Spotted Scales • Genuinely More Territorial Than Silver Arowana
 
📋 The Australian Arowana, also known as the Jardini Arowana or Gulf Saratoga, is genuinely native to northern Australia and New Guinea, displaying large scales marked with reddish-pink crescent spots that give it a genuine pearl-like shimmer.
We want to be genuinely upfront: this species is genuinely more territorial and aggressive than its South American Silver Arowana cousin, and a powerful, less strictly surface-bound swimmer. It's genuinely best kept solitary or with larger, fast-moving dither fish rather than smaller or slower tank mates.
Unlike the Asian Arowana varieties we carry, this species is genuinely not CITES-listed and carries no special import restrictions. A genuinely interesting distinguishing trait: unlike Asian Arowana, where males mouthbrood the eggs, in this species it's genuinely the female who carries and guards the young.
 
⚪🔴 Highlights
✨ Genuine Pearl-Spotted Scales: Reddish-pink crescents on a metallic body
⚠️ Genuinely Territorial: More aggressive than Silver Arowana, best kept solitary
📏 Genuinely Large: Up to 90-100cm
✅ Genuinely Not CITES-Restricted: Unlike Asian Arowana varieties
🐣 Genuine Female Mouthbrooder: A distinguishing trait from Asian Arowana