Animalia > Chordata > Osteoglossiformes > Osteoglossidae > Scleropages > Scleropages jardinii

Scleropages jardinii (Saratoga; Northern spotted barramundi; Northern saratoga; Northern barramundi; Jardine's barramundi; Gulf Saratoga; Gulf of Carpentaria burramundi; Gulf barramundi; Bony tongue; Australian bonytongue; Australian arowana; Spotted barramundi)

Synonyms: Osteoglossum jardinii; Scleropages jardini
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Gulf saratoga or Northern saratoga, Scleropages jardinii, is a freshwater bony fish native to Australia and New Guinea, one of two species of fishes sometimes known as Australian arowanas, the other being the saratoga (S. leichardti). It has numerous other common names, including northern saratoga, Australian bonytongue, toga and barramundi (not to be confused with the barramundi perch, Lates calcarifer). It is a member of the subfamily Osteoglossinae, a (basal) teleost group. Its scientific name is sometimes spelled S. jardini.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Wasur-Rawa Biru National Park 605464 Papua, Indonesia  

Prey / Diet

Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[1]
Leiopotherapon unicolor (Trout cod)[1]
Macrobrachium rosenbergii (giant river prawn)[1]
Neosilurus ater (Narrow-fronted tandan)[1]
Pseudoraphis spinescens[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Brevimulticaecum scleropagi[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0