Super red/blood Indonesian arowana (Scleropages legendrei)

Scientific name: Scleropages legendrei Pouyaud, Sudarto & Teugels, 2003

Super red/blood Indonesian arowana (Scleropages legendrei)
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The Super red/blood Indonesian arowana (Scleropages legendrei) is a freshwater fish of the family Osteoglossidae. Native range: Asia, Indonesia.

Species facts

Scientific name
Scleropages legendrei
Family
Osteoglossidae (Arowanas)
Order
Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Asia: Indonesia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Aquarium: commercial
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming fec

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Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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