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Arowana🐟

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SpeciesOsteoglossiformesOsteoglossidae
Fish

🐟Asian arowana

Scleropages formosus (Müller & Schlegel, 1840)

Asiatisk arowana (Scleropages formosus) är en fiskart i familjen arowanafiskar som lever i lugna floder som flyter fram genom skogar, träsk och våtmarker i sydöstra Asien. Fisken är köttätare och kan bli upp till 90 centimeter lång. De vuxna fiskarna lever främst på andra, mindre, fiskar. De icke könsmogna fiskarna, juvenilerna, äter mest insekter. IUCN bedömer att arten i vilt tillstånd är utrotningshotad. På många håll i världen hålls den asiatiska arowanan i akvarium. Den kräver emellertid stort utrymme och kunnig skötsel. Ett annat namn på asiatisk arowana är drakfisk, ett namn som den fått eftersom den i kinesisk kultur associeras med drakar och liksom dessa anses vara lyckobringande.

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Also called
Asian Bonytongue, Golden Arowana, Golden Dragon Fish
Conservation status
ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.9 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Asian arowana

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Body length
0.9 mmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
3.88
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.88 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderOsteoglossiformes
  4. ›familyOsteoglossidae
  5. ›genusScleropages
  6. ›speciesScleropages formosus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. subclassNeopterygii
  3. orderOsteoglossiformes
  4. familyOsteoglossidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderOsteoglossiformes
  10. familyOsteoglossidae
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Scleropages formosus (es), Scleropages formosus (fr), 亞洲龍魚 (zh), Aruanã-dourado (pt), Asiatischer Gabelbart (de), 아시아아로와나 (ko) … and 16 more languages
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