Arapaima

Arapaima

Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha Ordo: Osteoglossiformes

Familia: Arapaimidae
Genus: Arapaima
Species: A. agassizii – A. arapaima – A. gigas – A. mapae

Name

Arapaima Müller, 1843

• Type species: Sudis gigas Schinz, 1822

Synonyms

• Sudis Cuvier, 1816
• Vastres Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Arapaima
English: Arapaima,Pirarucu
Nederlands: Arapaima
português: Pirarucu
ไทย: ปลาช่อนยักษ์อเมซอน, ปลาอะราไพม่า

References

• Müller, J.; 1843: Beiträge zur Kenntniss der natürlichen Familien der Fische. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 9: 292-330. BHL
• Stewart, D. J.; 2013: Re-description of Arapaima agassizii (Valenciennes), a Rare Fish from Brazil (Osteoglossomorpha: Osteoglossidae). Copeia, 2013 (1): 38–51.
• Arapaima and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes,
  Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed) (2013). Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

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