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African arowana
Species of ray-finned fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The African arowana or Nile arowana (Heterotis niloticus) is a species of bonytongue. Despite being called an "arowana", the African arowana is more closely related to arapaimas, the only other members in the subfamily Arapaiminae, than the South American, Asian, and Australian arowanas in the subfamily Osteoglossinae (Arapaiminae is sometimes considered to be a separate family from Osteoglossidae).[2][3] Compared to these, the African arowana has a more terminal mouth and is the only one that feeds extensively on plankton.[4]
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African arowana | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
Family: | Osteoglossidae |
Subfamily: | Arapaiminae |
Genus: | Heterotis Rüppell, 1828 |
Species: | H. niloticus |
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Heterotis niloticus (G. Cuvier, 1829) | |
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Red:extant , Light red: possibly extant, Green:introduced | |
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