<img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-42939" src="https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/iStock-1500210789.jpg" alt="" width="100%" height="auto" srcset="https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/iStock-1500210789.jpg 800w, https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/iStock-1500210789-300x191.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">A pet ornamental fish in a fish tank, Arowana head close-up</figcaption>

Certain specimens of the endangered Asian Arowana have fetched up to $300k at auction. How did a fish become a status symbol? An endangered species in the wild, the Asian Arowana is illegal to import, sell, and, in most cases, own in the US.

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Certain specimens of the endangered Asian Arowana have fetched up to $300k at auction. How did a fish become a status symbol? An endangered species ...{ai:summary}<p>An illegal and endangered fish, the Asian Arowana, sells for up to $300k at auctions. How did it become a status symbol? #illegals</p>

The crazy market for the world’s most expensive pet fish

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