Osteoglossidae

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: Osteoglossidae
Genera: Osteoglossum - Scleropages - †Singida

Name

• Osteoglossidae

Synonymy

• †Singididae Greenwood and Patterson, 1967 (synonymized by Murray & Wilson, 2005)

References

• Greenwood, P.H. & Patterson, C. 1967: A fossil osteoglossoid fish from Tanzania (E. Africa). Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 47 (311): 211-223. Abstract doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1967.tb01404.x
• Murray, A.M. & Wilson, M.V.H. 2005: Description of a new Eocene osteoglossid fish and additional information on †Singida jacksonoides Greenwood and Patterson, 1967 (Osteoglossomorpha), with an assessment of their phylogenetic relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 144 (2): 213-228. Abstract doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00170.x

Vernacular Name

• • en: Arowana