Man Handed Two-Year Month Prison Term For Selling Endangered Fish Online

27-year-old Danny Yep of San Francisco must spend two months in a federal prison and then four months in home confinement for selling the endangered Asian Arowana fish (AKA the Asian Boney tongue fish) after a U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent came across his ad on Aquabid. Yep apparently knew the freshwater fish was illegal to sell as well. The fish, it should be noted, is quite spectacular.

The Asian Arowana fish, also known as Asian Boney tongue fish, is native to Indonesia and Malaysia, federal prosecutors said. Many Chinese consider it to be a symbol of good luck, and a single fish can cost $3,000 depending on its size and the brilliance of its color, authorities said.

Maybe its good luck powers are on the older models, or something? Anyway, Yep was also handed a $2,000 and placed on three years' probation.

Also, while it's illegal to own to the Asian Arowana, the regular Arowana, which boasts a gray-ish hue, is legal to own.