| Southern saratoga | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Osteoglossidae |
| Genus: | Scleropages |
| Species: | S. leichardti
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| Binomial name | |
| Scleropages leichardti (Günther, 1864)
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The southern saratoga (Scleropages leichardti), also known as the spotted bonytongue, spotted saratoga, or simply 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 (Scleropages 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.
- ^ Brooks, S.; Ebner, B.; Hammer, M. (2019). "Scleropages leichardti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T20035A123379072. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T20035A123379072.en. Retrieved 14 January 2024.