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Osteoglossiformes, the Glossary

Osteoglossiformes (Greek: "bony tongues") is a relatively primitive order of ray-finned fish that contains two sub-orders, the Osteoglossoidei and the Notopteroidei.^[1]

29 relations: Actinopterygii, Arapaima, Arowana, Domenico Vandelli, Dwarf stonebasher, Electric fish, Eocene, Esophagus, Fur Formation, Gastrointestinal tract, Georges Cuvier, Gondwana, Gymnarchus, Hiodontiformes, Lev Berg, Marine life, Mooneye, Mormyridae, Notopteridae, Notopteroidei, Order (biology), Ostariostoma, Osteoglossidae, Osteoglossoidei, Pantodontidae, Silver arowana, Stomach, Tree of Life Web Project, Wakinoichthys.
Extant Late Jurassic first appearances

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.

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Arapaima

The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche is any large species of bonytongue in the genus Arapaima native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America.

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Arowana

Arowanas are freshwater bony fish of the subfamily Osteoglossinae, also known as bony tongues (the latter name is now often reserved for Arapaiminae).

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Domenico Vandelli

Domenico Agostino Vandelli (Padua, 8 July 1735 – Lisbon, 27 June 1816) was an Italian naturalist, who did most of his scientific work in Portugal.

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Dwarf stonebasher

The dwarf stonebasher (Pollimyrus castelnaui) is a small and weakly electric elephantfish attaining an average length of 2 centimetres.

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Electric fish

An electric fish is any fish that can generate electric fields.

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Eocene

The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).

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The esophagus (American English) or oesophagus (British English, see spelling differences; both;: (o)esophagi or (o)esophaguses), colloquially known also as the food pipe, food tube, or gullet, is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes, aided by peristaltic contractions, from the pharynx to the stomach.

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Fur Formation

The Fur Formation is a marine geological formation of Ypresian (Lower Eocene Epoch, c. 56.0-54.5 Ma) age which crops out in the Limfjord region of northern Denmark from Silstrup via Mors and Fur to Ertebølle, and can be seen in many cliffs and quarries in the area.

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Gastrointestinal tract

The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.

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Georges Cuvier

Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology".

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Gondwana

Gondwana was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent.

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Gymnarchus

Gymnarchus niloticus – commonly known as the aba, aba aba, frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, poisson-cheval, or African knifefish – is an electric fish, and the only species in the genus Gymnarchus and the family Gymnarchidae within the order Osteoglossiformes.

See Osteoglossiformes and Gymnarchus

Hiodontiformes

Hiodontiformes is an order of ray-finned fish consisting of the two living species of the mooneye family, Hiodontidae, and three extinct genera. Osteoglossiformes and Hiodontiformes are ray-finned fish orders.

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Lev Berg

Lev Semyonovich Berg, also known as Leo S. Berg (Лев Семёнович Берг.; 14 March 1876 – 24 December 1950) was a leading Russian geographer, biologist and ichthyologist who served as President of the Soviet Geographical Society between 1940 and 1950.

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Marine life

Marine life, sea life, or ocean life is the plants, animals, and other organisms that live in the salt water of seas or oceans, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries.

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Mooneye

Hiodontidae, commonly called mooneyes, is a family of ray-finned fish with a single included genus Hiodon.

See Osteoglossiformes and Mooneye

Mormyridae

The Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" (more properly freshwater elephantfish), are a superfamily of weakly electric fish in the order Osteoglossiformes native to Africa.

See Osteoglossiformes and Mormyridae

Notopteridae

The family Notopteridae contains 10 species of osteoglossiform (bony-tongued) fishes, commonly known as featherbacks and knifefishes.

See Osteoglossiformes and Notopteridae

Notopteroidei

Notopteroidei is a suborder of the order Osteoglossiformes that contains the extant families Gymnarchidae (aba), Notopteridae (feather backs and knifefish) and Mormyridae (elephantfishes), as well as several extinct taxa.

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Order (biology)

Order (ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Ostariostoma

Ostariostoma is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous epoch.

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Osteoglossidae

Osteoglossidae is a family of large freshwater fish, which includes the arowanas and arapaima.

See Osteoglossiformes and Osteoglossidae

Osteoglossoidei

Osteoglossoidei are a suborder of the order Osteoglossiformes (Latin: "bony tongues") that contains the butterflyfish, the arowanas and bonytongues, as well as extinct families.

See Osteoglossiformes and Osteoglossoidei