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Kelesa

Scleropages formosus (Müller & Schlegel, 1840)

Status not recordedbony fish

The kelesa (Scleropages formosus) is a species in the family Osteoglossidae, order Osteoglossiformes.

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Quick facts about the kelesa

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the kelesa live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the kelesa as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Australia
  2. Philippines
  3. Singapore

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the kelesa endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the kelesa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderOsteoglossiformes
  5. familyOsteoglossidae
  6. genusScleropages
  7. SpeciesScleropages formosus (Müller & Schlegel, 1840)

Synonyms Osteoglossum formosum

Other names and names in other languages (64)
  • Asian arowanaEnglish
  • Asian bonytongueEnglish
  • Dragon fishEnglish
  • Golden arowanaEnglish
  • Golden dragon fishEnglish
  • Malayan bonytongueEnglish
  • Red tail goldenEnglish
  • SclerapagesEnglish
  • Super red arowanaEnglish
  • أروانا آسيويةArabic
  • малайзийски склеропагесBulgarian
  • 美丽硬骨舌鱼(金龙鱼)Chinese
  • Arowana asijskáCzech
  • Asiatisk arowanaDanish
  • Asiatischer GabelbartGerman
  • Pez lengüihueso malayoSpanish
  • Aasia kilpsoomuskalaEstonian
  • AasianarovanaFinnish
  • Scléropage d'AsieFrench
  • Ázsiai csontnyelvű halHungarian
  • Arwana AsiaIndonesian
  • Pesce dragoItalian
  • アジアアロワナJapanese
  • Trey tapawtKhmer
  • 아시아 아로와나Korean
  • ഏഷ്യൻ ആരോവനMalayalam
  • SilukMalay
  • Arowana azjatyckaPolish
  • Aruanã douradoPortuguese
  • Малайзийский склеропагесRussian
  • අරවානා මාළුවාSinhala
  • Asiatisk bentungaSwedish
  • ปลาตะพัดThai
  • AravonaTurkish
  • Baramundi malajskýroot
  • Cá RồngVietnamese
  • 龍魚Chinese
  • 美麗硬骨舌魚(金龍魚)Chinese
  • SumatranarapaimaFinnish
  • Scléropage formosusFrench
  • Ikan SilukIndonesian
  • Arowana asiaticoItalian
  • グリーンアロワナJapanese
  • レッドアロワナJapanese
  • Baju rantaiMalay
  • Kelisa Emas MalaysiaMalay
  • KhayanganMalay
  • PeyangMalay
  • Aruanã-douradoPortuguese
  • ปลาตะพัดเขียวThai
  • ปลาอะโรวาน่าThai
  • ปลาอะโรวาน่าทองมาเลย์Thai
  • ปลาอะโรวาน่าทองอินโดนีเซียThai
  • อะโรวน่าทองมาเลย์Thai
  • อะโรวาน่าThai
  • อะโรวาน่าทองมาเลย์Thai
  • อะโรวาน่าทองมาเลย์หลังน้ำเงินThai
  • อะโรวาน่าทองอินโดนีเซียThai
  • อะโรวาน่าแดงอินโดนีเซียThai
  • Pla ta padThai
  • Ikan Kelisa Emas Malaysiaroot
  • Cá Kim LongVietnamese
  • Cá rồng châu ÁVietnamese
  • 亞洲龍魚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the kelesa

Other species in the same genus Scleropages.

Saratoga

Scleropages jardinii

OsteoglossidaeNo free photo yet

Saratoga

Scleropages leichardti

OsteoglossidaeNo free photo yet

CompareKelesa vs SaratogaKelesa vs SaratogaKelesa vs Myanmar arowanaKelesa vs Red tail golden arowana

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the kelesa an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the kelesa as introduced in 3 countries: Australia, Philippines and Singapore, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the kelesa?

The kelesa (Scleropages formosus) belongs to the family Osteoglossidae in the order Osteoglossiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Kelesa (Scleropages formosus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/kelesa

MLA

“Kelesa (Scleropages formosus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/kelesa.

BibTeX
@misc{kelesa_2026,
  title = {Kelesa (Scleropages formosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kelesa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}