🐟Asian arowana

Scleropages formosus (Müller & Schlegel, 1840)

Scleropages formosus (аравана азійська) — вид тропічних прісноводних риб родини Араванових, що мешкають у Південно-Східній Азії. Одна з найдорожчих акваріумних риб.

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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

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length

0.9 mmaximum recorded

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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level

3.88

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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

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

FishBase

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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Asian arowana yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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Full lineage

superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
subclassNeopterygii
orderOsteoglossiformes
familyOsteoglossidae

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kingdomMetazoa
phylumChordata
subphylumCraniata
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
orderOsteoglossiformes
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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