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| Description | Arowanas are freshwater bony fish of the family Osteoglossidae, also known as bonytongues (the latter name is now often reserved for Arapaimidae). In this family of fish, the head is bony and the elongated body is covered by large, heavy scales, with a mosaic pattern of canals. The dorsal and anal fins have soft rays and are long based, while the pectoral and ventral fins are small. The name "bonytongues" is derived from a toothed bone on the floor of the mouth, the "tongue", equipped with teeth that bite against teeth on the roof of the mouth. The arowana is a facultative air breather and can obtain oxygen from air by sucking it into its swim bladder, which is lined with capillaries like lung tissue. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteoglossidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 4.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Osteoglossiformes : Osteoglossidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Osteoglossiformes : Osteoglossidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Common Name | arowana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Osteoglossidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (17%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 140 - 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | freshwater (based on Osteoglossiformes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteoglossiformes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Osteoglossiformes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. K. Khajuria and G. V. R. Prasad. 1998. Taphonomy of a Late Cretaceous mammal-bearing microvertebrate assemblage from the Deccan inter-trappean beds of Naskal, peninsular India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 137:153-172 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Arowana, Arowanas, Bandfishes, Bonytongues, Bony Tongues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteoglossidae |
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| 👁 Image Heterotidinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| 👁 Image Osteoglossinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 20 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cretophareodus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| 👁 Image Dapedoglossus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| 👁 Image Genartina ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| 👁 Image Heterotis genus | listed (PBDB) | African Arowana | 7 | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| 👁 Image Osteoglossidarum genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Osteoglossum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phareodus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Scleropages genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taverneichthys genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phareodon sericeus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| 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 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1997 | Osteoglossidae Guo-Qing and Grande |
| 1998 | Osteoglossidae Khajuria and Prasad |
| 1999 | Osteoglossidae Weems p. 56 |
| 2000 | Osteoglossidae Newbrey and Bozek p. 13 |
| 2013 | Osteoglossidae Betancur-R. et al. |
| 2019 | Osteoglossidae Ebersole et al. p. 164 |
| Khajuria C. K., Prasad G. V. R. (1998) Taphonomy of a Late Cretaceous mammal-bearing microvertebrate assemblage from the Deccan inter-trappean beds of Naskal, peninsular India, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 137, 153-172 |
| Woodward A. S. (1901) , Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV, 1-636 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816 |
| Frizzell D. L., Dante J. H. (1965) Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast, Journal of Paleontology 39 4, 687-718 |
| Casier E. (1966) , Faune ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-510 |
| Lim G.-q. (1996) A new species of Late Cretaceous osteoglossid. (Teleostei) from the Oldman Formation of Alberta, Canada, and its phylogenetic relationships, Mesozoic Fishes – Systematics and Paleoecology. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, 285-298 |
| Guo-Qing L., Grande L. (1997) The Species of †Phareodus (Teleostei: Osteoglossidae) from the Eocene of North America and Their Phylogenetic Relationships, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17 3, 487-505 |
| Weems R. E. (1999) Part 4. Actinopterygian Fishes from the Fisher/Sullivan Site, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 152, 53-100 |
| Newbrey M. G., Bozek M. A. (2000) A new species of Joffrichthys (Teleostei: Osteoglossidae) from the Sentinel Butte Formation, (Paleocene) of North Dakota, USA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 1, 12-20 |
| Betancur-R. R., Broughton R. E., et al (2013) The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes, PLOS Currents Tree of Life doi:10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288 |
| Ebersole J. A., Cicimurri D. J., et al (2019) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, European Journal of Taxonomy 585, 1-274 doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585 |
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| Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
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