They are considered endangered, or partially endangered species. Over collection has led to decrease in numbers in the wild. Most if not all specimens in the hobby are farm raised I believe.
Unfortunately we have alot of retarted people in goverment who believe that people would buy Arrowannas that are coming from the wild when in actuallity all arrowanas are required to be electronically tagged by micro chip and scanned before leaving the country to prevent the capture of these treasures from the wild
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