AROWANAPEDIA / STRAIN ATLAS
Asian arowana color and strain directory
Ten named types; biology and genetics distinguished from breeder marketing. No invented parentage.
Three major color families; ten documented names
Red, golden and green are useful phenotype groupings, but do not form a verified breeding pedigree. A 2023 comparative study sampled only five of the ten named types here, and found 2n=50 across all of those samples.
Source-labeled profiles
10 entries · 2026 research editionSuper Red
Western Borneo / Kapuas basin is the documented natural association of red Asian arowana, not the provenance of every farm fish sold as Super Red.
Chili Red
Red-family market selection often marketed with Indonesian roots; an individual strain's founding locality requires verified stock records.
Blood Red
An Indonesian-associated commercial red label that may overlap with Chili Red and Super Red descriptions.
Golden Crossback
The Malaysian-golden/Perak historical association concerns wild golden forms, not every modern specimen's captive-farm origin.
Highback Golden
Commercially grouped with Malaysian golden forms, but individuals may derive from more than one commercial population.
Blue Base Golden
Commercial Malaysian-golden line association; a supplier's true origin and pedigree require tags and verified farm lineage.
Red Tail Golden
Sumatra in Indonesia is the geographic association for the golden category, not certification that a sold fish was collected there.
Asian Green
The green family spans multiple Southeast Asian drainages; Malaysia 2021 research found green samples non-monophyletic.
Yellow Tail Silver
Broader Asian-green geographic connections; not the South American silver arowana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum.
Golden Red (Riau)
Rokan Hulu / Riau in Sumatra (Indonesia) is the field-study region; protect sensitive collection coordinates.