Osteoglossiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Osteoglossum +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Osteoglossiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Actinopterygii – freshwater fish with bony tongues, native to much of the southern hemisphere.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Osteoglossomorpha - superorder

Hyponyms

(order): Osteoglossoidei, Notopteroidei - suborders
- Arapaimidae, Pantodontidae, Osteoglossidae, †Singidididae - families in Osteoglossoidei
- Gymnarchidae, Mormyridae, Notopteridae, †Ostariostomidae, †Lycopteridae - families in Notopteroidei

References

Osteoglossiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Osteoglossiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Osteoglossiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Osteoglossiformes at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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