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Scleropages formosus (Müller & Schlegel, 1840)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osteoglossiformes
family
Osteoglossidae
genus
Scleropages
species
Scleropages formosus

Name

Synonyms
Osteoglossum formosum Müller & Schlegel, 1840
Scleropages aureus Pouyaud, Sudarto & Teugels, 2003
Scleropages legendrei Pouyaud, Sudarto & Teugels, 2003
Scleropages macrocephalus Pouyaud, Sudarto & Teugels, 2003
Homonyms
Scleropages formosus (Müller & Schlegel, 1840)
Common names
Aasia kilpsoomuskala in Estonian
Aasianarovana in Finnish
Arowana asiatico in Italian
Arowana asijská in Czech
Arowana azjatycka in Polish
Aruanã dourado in Portuguese
Aruanã-dourado in Portuguese
Arwana Asia in Indonesian
Asian Arowana in English
Asian bonytongue in English
Asian bonytongue in English
Asiatischer Gabelbart in German
Asiatisk arowana in Swedish
Asiatisk bentunga in Swedish
Baju rantai in Malay
Baramundi malajský in language.
Cá Kim Long in Vietnamese
Cá Rồng in Vietnamese
Cá rồng châu Á in Vietnamese
Dragon fish in English
Golden arowana in English
Golden dragon fish in English
Ikan Kelisa Emas Malaysia in Malay
Ikan Siluk in Indonesian
Kelesa in Malay
Kelisa Emas Malaysia in Malay
Khayangan in Malay
Malayan bonytongue in English
Malayan bonytongue in English
Pesce drago in Italian
Peyang in Malay
Pez lengüihueso malayo in Spanish
Pla ta pad in Thai
Red tail golden in English
Sclerapages in English
Scléropage d'Asie in French
Scléropage formosus in French
Siluk in Malay
Sumatranarapaima in Finnish
Super red arowana in English
Trey tapawt in Central Khmer
Ázsiai csontnyelvű hal in Hungarian
Малайзийский склеропагес in Russian
малайзийски склеропагес in Bulgarian
أروانا آسيوية in Arabic
ഏഷ്യൻ ആരോവന in Malayalam
අරවානා මාළුවා in Sinhalese
ปลาตะพัด in Thai
ปลาตะพัดเขียว in Thai
ปลาอะโรวาน่า in Thai

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  5. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  6. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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