Arapaima gigas Lundberg and Chernoff 1992 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Arapaimidae

Full reference: J. Lundberg and B. Chernoff. 1992. A Miocene Fossil of the Amazonian Fish Arapaima (Teleostei, Arapaimidae) from the Magdalena River Region of Colombia - Biogeographic and Evolutionary Implications. Biotropica 24(1):2-14

Belongs to Arapaima according to J. Lundberg and B. Chernoff 1992

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Duke locality 46 - Arapaima fish (Miocene of Colombia)

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