Scleropages formosus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES OSTEOGLOSSIDAE

Scientific Name: Scleropages formosus
Species Authority: (Schlegel & Müller, 1844)
Common Name/s:
English Asian Arowana, Asian Bonytongue, Golden Arowana, Golden Dragon Fish, Kelesa
French Scléropage D'Asie, Scléropage Formosus
Spanish Pez Lengüihueso Malayo

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered   A1cd+2cd   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s Kottelat, M.
History:
1994 Insufficiently Known (IUCN)
1990 Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)
1988 Insufficiently Known
1986 Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Philippines; Singapore; Viet Nam
Possibly extinct:
Thailand
Presence uncertain:
Myanmar

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater
Citation: Kottelat, M. 1996. Scleropages formosus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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