“Osteoglossum is the most beautiful fresh water fish of Borneo, with a length of 0.62 m, with large
scales, a lustre of gold along the free margin; the short dorsal fin is set backwards as in our pike, the
pectoral fins long and acute, a strong barbel on the lower jaw; the vertical fins and the pectorals blackish
with a broad orange red seam, the belly with a sharp keel, which is not formed by one scale as in the
herring but by two scales. Near the lake Danau Sriang this fish was named Silo.”