Arowana

Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (Cuvier 1829)

ccdurigan cc-by-nc-4.0

Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (Arowana) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family bonytongues. They are associated with freshwater habitat. Individuals are known to live for 6.5 years.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

show all records

EOL has data for 8 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
show all records
United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
show all records
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
show all records
reservoir
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000025
- Definition: An artificial body of water, often contained by a dam, constructed for the purpose of water storage.
show all records
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
show all records
freshwater
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
- Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
show all records
harvested in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested_in
- Definition: This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)
show all records
Brazil
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3469034
show all records
total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
show all records
6.5 years
weight
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000128
- Definition: A physical quality inhering in a bearer that has mass near a gravitational body.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/PATO Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
show all records
2530 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Arowana. View this species on GBIF

ccdurigan cc-by-nc-4.0