Klassifizierung / Names
Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Actinopterygii (Strahlenflosser) >
Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) >
Osteoglossidae (Arowanas)
Etymology: Scleropages: Greek, skleros = hard + Greek, page, -es = knot (Ref. 45335).
Lebensraum / Klimazone / Range
Ökologie
; süßwasser pelagisch. Tropical; ? - 15°C (Ref. 44894), preferred ?; 6°S - 14°S
Asia and Oceania: northern Australia and central-southern New Guinea (Ref. 58511).
Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm 45.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 44894); common length : 55.0 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 44894)
Kurzbeschreibung
Morphologie | Morphometrie
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt): 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt): 20-24; Afterflossenstacheln 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 28 - 32
Adults occur in still waters of streams and swamps where it is usually seen near the surface or close to shore among aquatic vegetation (Ref. 2847, 44894). Solitary, territorial and spawn prior to the wet season when surface water temperatures approach 30°C (Ref. 44894). Young feed primarily on microcrustaceans (Ref. 2847). Primarily a surface feeder, feeding on a variety of terrestrial and aquatic insects, small fishes, frogs, crustaceans, and some plant material (Ref. 44894). Mouthbrooders (Ref. 56180). Maximum weight reported in Ref. 5259 may be 12.27 kg (W. Lau, pers. Comm. 07/05). Important food fish (Ref. 58511) and a valuable aquarium fish (Ref. 83518).
Fertilized eggs are carried in the mouth of the female. Eggs hatch in 1-2 weeks. Larvae, with their enlarged yolk sac, are kept in or close to the mouth for another 4 or 5 weeks. Young fish commence feeding, primarily on microcrustaceans, at a size of 2-3 cm, well before the yolk sac is entirely resorbed. Become independent at a length of 3.5-4.0 cm.
Allen, G.R., 1991. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 2847)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: nicht kommerziell; Aquakultur: kommerziell; Sportfisch: ja; Aquarium: Kommerziell
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5781 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 2.8 ±0.1 se; Based on diet studies.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
69278): niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (tm=4-5; Fec=30-130).
Verwundbarkeit (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (59 of 100) .
