Arrowana

Arrowana species list

#1 Anne

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Posted 11 April 2009 - 11:15 AM

Arrowanas
Scleropages formosus =Asian arrowana( Southeast Asia)
Scleropages jardini = Australian Pearl Arowana AKA: Northern Spotted Barramundi or Jardini Arowana (Northern Australia and New Guinea)
Scleropages leichardti =Australian Spotted Arowana AKA: Spotted Barramundi or Saratoga (Northern Australia and New Guinea)
Osteoglossum ferrerai =Black arrowana (SouthAmerica)
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum =Silver arrwoana (South America)
Arapaima gigas =Arapaima AKA: Giant Arapaima or Pirarucu (South America)(Amazon basin)
Heterotis niloticus Heterotis AKA: African Arowana (River basins of Africa)

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Posted 11 April 2009 - 01:06 PM

QUOTE (Anne @ Apr 11 2009, 10:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Family Osteoglossidae

Subfamily Heterotidinae
Genus Arapaima
Arapaima or pirarucu, Arapaima gigas (Cuvier, 1829)
Genus Heterotis
African arowana, Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier, 1829)

Subfamily Osteoglossinae
Genus Osteoglossum
Osteoglossum ferrerai =Black arrowana (SouthAmerica)
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum =Silver arrwoana (South America)

Genus Scleropages
Scleropages formosus =Asian arrowana( Southeast Asia)
Scleropages jardini = Australian Pearl Arowana AKA: Northern Spotted Barramundi or Jardini Arowana (Northern Australia and New Guinea)
Scleropages leichardti =Australian Spotted Arowana AKA: Spotted Barramundi or Saratoga (Northern Australia and New Guinea)

Arapaima and african arowana have its own separate family now which is now Arapaimidae.

Order:
-Osteoglossiformes
Families:
-Arapaimidae: Arapaima and African arowana
-Osteoglossidae: Asain arowanas, Australain arowanas and South American Arowanas (true arowana species)
-Notopteridae: Featherfin knifefishes
-Gymnarchidae: Aba aba knifish
-Mormyridae: Elephant fishes
-Pantodontidae: African butterfly fish

The classification in wikepedia did not classified it right.

This post has been edited by King-eL: 11 April 2009 - 01:19 PM

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Posted 12 April 2009 - 11:29 AM

QUOTE (King-eL @ Apr 11 2009, 02:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (Anne @ Apr 11 2009, 10:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

agreed. we'll put together an official and more accurate classification/species list in the near future. the copied/pasted stuff from wikipedia often lends itself open to errors. thanks for posting a clarified list--
--solomon

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