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Osteoglossidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osteoglossiformes
family
Osteoglossidae

Name

Homonyms
Osteoglossidae
Common names
Arapaimat in Finnish
Aravanalar in Turkish
Arowana in Italian
Aruanã in Portuguese
Arwana in Indonesian
Bandfishes in English
Beentongigen in Dutch
Csontosnyelvűek in Hungarian
Họ Cá rồng in Vietnamese
Ikan arwana in Indonesian
Ikan kelisa in Malay
Kaulaliežuvinės in Lithuanian
Knochenzüngler in German
Knogletunger in Danish
Kostnojęzykowe in Polish
arovanat in Finnish
arowana in English
arowanaer in Norwegian Bokmål
arowanas in English
aruanãs in Portuguese
bandfishes in English
bandfishes in English
beintungefiskfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
bonytongues in English
bonytongues in English
ostnojazykovití in Czech
Аравановые in Russian
Араванові in Ukrainian
ปลาตะพัด in Thai
วงศ์ปลาตะพัด in Thai
アロワナ in Japanese
アロワナ科 in Japanese
骨舌魚科 in Chinese
骨舌鱼科 in Chinese
아로와나 in Korean
beintungefiskfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
beintungefiskfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
arowanaer in Norwegian Bokmål
arowanas in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. FishBase
  4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  5. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  7. Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
  8. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  9. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
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