It can be categorized as either the Northern Barramundi or the Spotted Barramundi. The Spotted Barramundi resembles the Southeast Asian Arowana but it has a different colour. Its figure is smaller, narrower and its barbells are shorter and softer. Its caudal dorsal fins, and anac fin have golden stripes, while its scales are gold and silver in colour. It can lay 50 to 200 eggs each time, with each egg a diameter of 1cm.
The Spotted Barramundi and Northern Barramundi are in fact quite the same with the only difference being the Spotted Barramundi having a smaller body with red spots while its anac, dorsal and caudal fins having golden stripes are silvery green with yellow patches. Its side line has 35 scales, its anac fin has 31 hard fin rays while its caudal fin has 21.
