The description of Osteoglossum formosum
Because the description of Osteoglossum formosum was published in Dutch, and therefore not easily accessible to
most ichthyologists, it is important to provide an English translation. Apart from the species description, the paper
of Müller & Schlegel contains a Dutch redescription of the genus Osteoglossum. This was judged necessary by
Müller & Schlegel because the definition of this genus had to be broadened in order to include their new species.
As the Asiatic Osteoglossinae nowadays are placed in Scleropages Günther, 1864, we have refrained from
translating this part. In the original text the Latin names were not written in italics.