WoRMS taxon details
Scleropages formosus (Müller & Schlegel, 1840)
1009717 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1009717)
accepted
Species
Osteoglossum formosum Müller & Schlegel, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Osteoglossum formosum Müller & Schlegel, 1840) Müller, S.; Schlegel, H. (1840). Beschrijving van een' nieuwen Zoetwater-visch van Borneo, Osteoglossum formosum. <em>Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen / door de Leden der Natuurkundige Commissie in Indië en andere schrijvers; uitgegeven ... door C. J. Temminck.</em> No. 2: 1-7, Pl. 1. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scleropages formosus (Müller & Schlegel, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1009717 on 2026-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Osteoglossum formosum Müller & Schlegel, 1840) Müller, S.; Schlegel, H. (1840). Beschrijving van een' nieuwen Zoetwater-visch van Borneo, Osteoglossum formosum. <em>Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen / door de Leden der Natuurkundige Commissie in Indië en andere schrijvers; uitgegeven ... door C. J. Temminck.</em> No. 2: 1-7, Pl. 1. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (184 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleropages formosus)
To FishBase (from synonym Osteoglossum formosum Müller & Schlegel, 1840)
To FishBase
To GenBank (227913 nucleotides; 73571 proteins)
To GenBank (227913 nucleotides; 73571 proteins) (from synonym Osteoglossum formosum Müller & Schlegel, 1840)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NHMUK collection (Osteoglossum formosum Schlegel & Müller, 1844; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3127301) (from synonym Osteoglossum formosum Müller & Schlegel, 1840)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scleropages formosus RAD104762-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scleropages formosus RAD104762-002)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleropages formosus)
To FishBase (from synonym Osteoglossum formosum Müller & Schlegel, 1840)
To FishBase
To GenBank (227913 nucleotides; 73571 proteins)
To GenBank (227913 nucleotides; 73571 proteins) (from synonym Osteoglossum formosum Müller & Schlegel, 1840)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NHMUK collection (Osteoglossum formosum Schlegel & Müller, 1844; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3127301) (from synonym Osteoglossum formosum Müller & Schlegel, 1840)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scleropages formosus RAD104762-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scleropages formosus RAD104762-002)
Unreviewed
