Arapaimidae

Scales of Arapaima gigas

Taxonavigation

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
Genera (2): Arapaima – Heterotis

Name

Arapaimidae Bonaparte, 1846

Synonymy

• Heterotidae Cope, 1871
• Clupisudiidae Jordan, 1923

References

Links

• Arapaimidae  and its species in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & D. Pauly (eds) (2013). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, version 10/2012.
• Genera of Arapaimidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes,
  Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed) (2013). Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular Names

Bahasa Melayu: Ikan kelisa
Deutsch: Knochenzüngler
English: Arowana
한국어: 아로와나
magyar: Csontosnyelvűhal-félék
日本語: アロワナ科
norsk bokmål: Arowanaer
português: Aruanã
suomi: Arapaimat
ไทย: วงศ์ปลาตะพัด
Tiếng Việt: Họ Cá rồng
中文: 骨舌鱼科

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