01909cam a2200397 i 4500 340398166 TxAuBib 20180215120000.0 160407s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015040075 9781451678949 1451678940 9781451678956 1451678959 9781501153815 1501153811 (OCoLC)946275948 TxAuBib rda Voigt, Emily. The dragon behind the glass : a true story of power, obsession, and the world's most coveted fish / Emily Voigt. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, 2016. xi, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-319). pt. I. "Dragons in their pleasant palaces". The pet detective ; The fish ; The arowana cartel ; Aquarama ; The dragon's den -- pt. II. The edge of the known world. The living fish ; The explorers ; Naming rights -- pt. III. The super red. In the age of aquariums ; Ghost fish -- pt. IV. Fish #32,107. Monsters of our making ; "The authorities will be watching you" ; Beard of the crocodile -- pt. V. Into the lair. The paradox of value ; Fish meets world ; Plan C ; Here be dragons. "A journalist's quest to find a wild Asian arowana--the world's most expensive aquarium fish--takes her on a global tour through the bizarre realm of ornamental fish hobbyists to some of the most remote jungles on the planet."--Jacket. 20180215. Scleropages formosus. Fishes. Rare fishes. Arowana. Aquarium fishes.