Freshwater
Australian bonytongue
Scleropages jardinii
Osteoglossidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 100 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 21,000 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
More about the species
Description
Adults occur in still waters of streams and swamps where it is usually seen near the surface or close to shore among aquatic vegetation. Solitary, territorial and spawn prior to the wet season when surface water temperatures approach 30°C. Young feed primarily on microcrustaceans. Primarily a surface feeder, feeding on a variety of terrestrial and aquatic insects, small fishes, frogs, crustaceans, and some plant material. Mouthbrooders. Maximum weight reported in Ref. 5259 may be 12.27 kg (W. Lau, pers. Comm. 07/05). Important food fish and a valuable aquarium fish.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Osteoglossum jardinii
- Scleropages jardini
In other languages
- Australsk arowana
- Australianarovana
- Australian arowana, Australian Pearl arowana, Bony tongue, Gulf barramundi, Gulf of Carpentaria burramundi, Gulf Saratoga, Jardin's Arowana, Jardine's barramundi, Northern barramundi, Northern saratoga, Northern spotted barramundi, Saratoga, Spotted barramundi
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