Saratoga (fish)

Saratoga (fish)

Taxobox
name = Saratoga
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Osteoglossiformes
familia = Osteoglossidae
subfamilia = Osteoglossinae
genus = "Scleropages"
species = "S. leichardti"
binomial = "Scleropages leichardti"
binomial_authority = (Gunther, A., 1864)

The saratoga, "Scleropages leichardti", also known as the spotted bonytongue, spotted saratoga, or southern saratoga, is a freshwater bony fish native to Australia. It belongs to the subfamily Osteoglossinae, or arowanas, a primitive group of teleosts. Like all arowanas, it is a carnivorous mouthbrooder.

Along with the gulf saratoga ("S. jardinii"), the saratoga is also known as the Australian arowana (mainly by non-Australian aquarists) and barramundi, although the latter name is nowadays reserved in Australia for the unrelated "Lates calcarifer".

This species is found in turbid waters and has a more restricted distribution than the other "Scleropages" native to Australia, "Scleropages jardinii".

Description

Like all "Scleropages", "S. leichardti" is a long-bodied fish with large scales, large pectoral fins, and small paired barbels on its lower jaw. Each scale on its dark colored body has a red or pink spot; this feature distinguishes it from "S. jardinii", which has several reddish spots on each scale in a crescent shape. "S. leichardti" is a slimmer fish than other "Scleropages"; a 90 cm (35 in.) fish was weighed at only 4 kg (8.8 lbs.), compared to 17.2 kg (38 lb.) for a "S. jardinii" of similar length. The depth of its body is 23-25% of its Standard Length, and it has fewer fin rays than "S. jardinii".

Conservation status

This species is not currently listed on any CITES appendix. [http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml] . Its IUCN Red List status is Lower Risk/near threatened (LT/nt) [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php?species=20035] . Although it does not occur naturally in Indonesia, it is a protected species in that country.

It has been stocked in number of dams in Queensland, Australia

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