Arapaimidae

Scales of Arapaima gigas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala Cohort/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. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Genera of Arapaimidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

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

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