Osteoglossomorpha

Osteoglossomorpha
Temporal range: Triassic - Recent
Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Neopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei
Superorder: Osteoglossomorpha
Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966
Orders

Hiodontiformes
Osteoglossiformes
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Specimen of the primitive ichthyodectiform Allothrissops

The Osteoglossomorpha are a group of bony fish in the Teleostei.

Xiphactinus audax three-dimensionally restoreded skeleton in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Colorado

Notable members

A notable member is the arapaima (Arapaima gigas), the largest freshwater fish in South America and one of the largest bony fishes alive. Other notable members include the bizarre freshwater elephantfishes of family Mormyridae, and the extinct predator, Xiphactinus.

Systematics

Most osteoglossomorph lineages are extinct today. Only the somewhat diverse "bone-tongues" (Osteoglossiformes) and two species of mooneyes (Hiodontiformes) remain.[1][2][3]

Phylogeny

Phylogeny based on the following works:[4][5][6]

Osteoglossomorpha

Hiodontiformes

Hiodontidae


Osteoglossiformes

Pantodontoidei

Pantodontidae



Osteoglossoidei

Osteoglossidae


Notopteroidei

Notopteroidea

Notopteridae


Mormyroidea


Gymnarchidae



Mormyridae







References

  1. Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.
  2. Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Osteoglossomorpha – bony-tongue fishes and relatives". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. van der Laan, Richard (2016). "Family-group names of fossil fishes".
  4. Betancur-Rodriguez, R.; et al. (2016). "Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes Version 4". Deepfin. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  5. Lavoué, S., Sullivan J. P., & Hopkins C. D. (2003): Phylogenetic utility of the first two introns of the S7 ribosomal protein gene in African electric fishes (Mormyroidea: Teleostei) and congruence with other molecular markers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 78, 273-292. PDF
  6. Sullivan, J. P., Lavoué S., & Hopkins C. D. (2000): Molecular systematics of the African electric fishes (Mormyroidea: Teleostei) and a model for the evolution of their electric organs. Journal of Experimental Biology. 203, 665-683. PDF


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