Arapaimidae

Scales of Arapaima gigas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/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.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022.

Genera of Arapaimidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. 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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