📸 PhotoPhoto: Marcel Burkhard · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Asian bonytongue
Scleropages formosus (Asian bonytongue · アジアアロワナ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 It is very actively traded as an aquarium fish, but international trade in wild individuals is prohibited under CITES Appendix I.
- 💡 A body length of 90 cm is about the length of a standard long umbrella (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Asian bonytongue is a large freshwater fish living in forest streams of Southeast Asia and is traded at high prices as an ornamental fish.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is slender and long with very large scales. It has one pair of barbels.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
When young, it eats insects at the water surface, and as it grows, it feeds on fish and small vertebrates. The male broods the eggs in his mouth, and the young leave the mouth at about 6 cm.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List EN (2019) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/152320185/89797267
- • IUCN Red List category EN — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 4VQ4R
- • iucnredlist.org — 89797267
- • wikidata.org — Q728584
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Arowana.jpg
- • fishbase.se — Scleropages-formosus.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Ingo Braasch · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.