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Osteoglossidae (arowana)
Taxonomy
Osteoglossidae was named by Bonaparte (1832). It is extant.
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1901); to Isospondyli by Hay (1902); to Osteoglossoidea by Jordan (1963) and Casier (1966); to Osteoglossoidei by Frizzell and Dante (1965), Li et al. (1997) and Bogan et al. (2010); and to Osteoglossiformes by Lim (1996), Khajuria and Prasad (1998), Weems (1999), Newbrey and Bozek (2000), Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019) and Cicimurri et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1901); to Isospondyli by Hay (1902); to Osteoglossoidea by Jordan (1963) and Casier (1966); to Osteoglossoidei by Frizzell and Dante (1965), Li et al. (1997) and Bogan et al. (2010); and to Osteoglossiformes by Lim (1996), Khajuria and Prasad (1998), Weems (1999), Newbrey and Bozek (2000), Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019) and Cicimurri et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1832 | Osteoglossidae Bonaparte |
| 1901 | Osteoglossidae Woodward p. 73 |
| 1902 | Osteoglossidae Hay p. 393 |
| 1963 | Osteoglossidae Jordan p. 623 |
| 1965 | Osteoglossidae Frizzell and Dante p. 695 |
| 1966 | Osteoglossidae Casier p. 139 |
| 1996 | Osteoglossidae Lim p. 287 |
| 1997 | Osteoglossidae Li et al. |
| 1998 | Osteoglossidae Khajuria and Prasad |
| 1999 | Osteoglossidae Weems p. 56 |
| 2000 | Osteoglossidae Newbrey and Bozek p. 13 |
| 2010 | Osteoglossidae Bogan et al. p. 165 |
| 2013 | Osteoglossidae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Osteoglossidae Nelson et al. p. 156 |
| 2019 | Osteoglossidae Ebersole et al. p. 164 |
| 2022 | Osteoglossidae Cicimurri et al. |
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Fm. Osteoglossidae Bonaparte 1832 [arowana]
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G. †Dapedoglossus Cope 1877
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†Dapedoglossus aequipinnis Cope 1878
†Dapedoglossus testis Cope 1877
G. Heterotis Rüppell 1828 [African arowana]
G. †Osteoglossidarum
Subfm. Osteoglossinae Nelson 1968
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G. †Phareodus Leidy 1873
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†Phareodus acutus Leidy 1873
†Phareodus encaustus Cope 1871
†Phareodus testis Cope 1877
G. †Singida Greenwood and Patterson 1967
G. †Scleropages Gunther 1864
Invalid names: Heterodontinae [empty], Heterotidinae Nelson 1968 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available