Osteoglossidae

Also known as Arowana's family

Osteoglossidae is a family of large-sized freshwater fish, which includes the arowanas. They are commonly known as bonytongues. The family has been regarded as containing two extant subfamilies Arapaiminae and Osteoglossinae, with a total of five living genera, but these are regarded as valid families in ''Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes'' The extinct Phareodontinae are known from worldwide during the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene; they are generally considered to be crown group osteoglossids that are more closely related to one of the extant osteoglossid subfamilies than the other, though their

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Osteoglossidae is a family of fish within the order Osteoglossiformes. The taxon, which has the accepted status in WoRMS, was described by Bonaparte in 1845. Members of this family are commonly known as arowanas and belong to the class Teleostei within the phylum Chordata. They inhabit both marine and freshwater environments.

Records for this family are held by several institutions, including USNM, NMV, MPEG, AM, and QM. These records originate from countries such as the United States, Sudan, and Brasil, with some entries listed as Unknown Or Invalid. The family has 2347 occurrences documented in GBIF and 34 records in iDigBio.

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Species

arowanas

FAMILY

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderOsteoglossiformes
FamilyOsteoglossidae

Habitatmarine, freshwater

Observations recorded2,347

Gli Arapaimidae sono una famiglia di pesci d'acqua dolce osteoglossiformi, noti anche come pesci dalle lingue ossee. Questa famiglia comprende gli arapaima dei bacini dell'Amazzonia e di Essequibo, in Sud America, e gli arowana africani dall'Africa.[1] Questa famiglia è a volte considerata parte della famiglia degli arowana, Osteoglossidae. Uno studio genetico mostra che gli Arapaimidae (arapaima e arowana africani) si sono discostati dagli Osteoglossidae circa 220 milioni di anni fa, durante il Triassico superiore. All'interno di Osteoglossidae, la stirpe che porta al sudamericano arowana Osteoglossum sudamericani si è discostato circa 170 milioni di anni fa, durante il Giurassico medio. Gli arowana asiatici e australiani del genere Scleropages si separarono circa 140 milioni di anni fa, durante il Cretaceo inferiore.[2][3] Indice 1 Distribuzione e habitat 2 Tassonomia 3 Note 4 Altri progetti 5 Collegamenti esterni Distribuzione e habitat Le specie del genere Arapaima sono originarie del Sud America mentre Heterotis niloticus è diffuso in Africa. Tassonomia Famiglia Arapaimidae (Heterotidinae) Nelson 1968 sensu Li, Grande & Wilson 1997 Genere † Arapaimidarum [otolith] Genere †

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 34
With media: 1
Family: Osteoglossidae
Collections: USNM, NMV, MPEG, AM, QM, ODU
Recorded in: United States, Sudan, Brasil, Unknown Or Invalid

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Osteoglossidae is a family of large-sized freshwater fish, which includes the arowanas. They are commonly known as bonytongues. The family has been regarded as containing two extant subfamilies Arapaiminae and Osteoglossinae, with a total of five living genera, but these are regarded as valid families in ''Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes The extinct Phareodontinae are known from worldwide during the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene; they are generally considered to be crown group osteoglossids that are more closely related to one of the extant osteoglossid subfamilies than the other, though their exact position varies.

== Evolution == Osteoglossids are basal teleosts that originated during the Cretaceous, and are placed in the actinopterygian order Osteoglossiformes. The traditionally defined wider family includes several extant species from South America, one from Africa, two from Asia, and two from Australia. The earliest known osteoglossid is Cretophareodus from the middle Campanian of the Dinosaur Park Formation, Canada, but a potentially older genus may be Chanopsis from the Albian of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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