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Matt Clarke on the Barramundi, Lates calcarifer, a species which is about to disappear from the trade due to import restrictions.

 


Silver Barramundi, Northern Barramundi, Australian Arowana [Pictures]
Scleropages jardini
SYN: None
PD: The Silver Barramundi is similar in body shape S. leicharati.   The back is brown- silver, while the flanks are silver.

Spotted Barramundi Scleropages leichardti
Spotted Cachorro Acestrorhynchus falcatus
Spotted Climbing Perch Ctenopoma acutirostre ...

Spotted Barramundi - Scleropages leichardtii
Spotted Blue-Eye - Pseudomugil gertrudae
Spotted Bristle-Nosed Pleco - Ancistrus hoplogenys
Spotted Cachorro - Acestrorhynchus falcatus
Spotted Climbing Perch - Ctenopoma acutirostre ...

The Pearl Arowana (Sceleropages jardinii) or Spotted Saratoga (also Saratoga Jardinii) is commonly confused with a totally different species, the Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) which is not even of the same genus.

The exhibits have an abundance of displays showing the diversity of freshwater fishes, including barramundi (Lates calcarifer) and some outrageously large bass and Murray's Cod (Macquaria and Maccullochella sp respectively) and a host of Rainbow fish ...

Gulf saratoga, red saratoga or northern spotted barramundi, Scleropages jardinii ‡ (Saville-Kent, 1892)
Red arowana, super red arowana, or chili red arowana, Scleropages legendrei † (Pouyad, Sudarto & Teugels, 2003) ...

jardinii (Saville-Kent, 1892)- the Australian Arowana, Silver Barramundi or Northern Saratoga
S. legendrei (Pouyad, Sudarto & Teugels, 2003) - the Super Red Arowana
S. leichardti G?

Common Names: Australian Pearl Arowana, Gulf Saratoga, Jardini, Northen Saratoga, Northern Spotted Barramundi, Saratoga
Family: Osteoglossidae
Order: Osteoglossiformes ...

See also: Fish, Water, Aquarium, Species, Lates Calcarifer