Scleropages

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha Ordo: Osteoglossiformes

Familia: Osteoglossidae
Genus: Scleropages
Species: S. aureus – S. formosus – S. inscriptus – S. jardinii – S. legendrei – S. leichardti – S. macrocephalus

Name

Scleropages Günther, 1864: 196

Type species: Scleropages leichardti ♂ Günther, 1864. Type by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Delsmania (subgenus of Scleropages) Fowler, 1934: 243

References

• Günther, A. 1864: On a new generic type of fishes discovered by the late Dr. Leichardt in Queensland. Annals and magazine of natural history (Series 3) 14(81): 195–197, Pl. 7.
• Lavoué, S. 2015. Testing a time hypothesis in the biogeography of the arowana genus Scleropages (Osteoglossidae). Journal of Biogeography 42: 2427–2439. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12585 Reference page. 
• Pouyaud, L. , Sudarto & G.G. Teugels 2003: The different colour varieties of the Asian arowana Scleropages formosus (Osteoglossidae) are distinct species: morphologic and genetic evidences. Cybium, 27(4): 287–305.

Vernacular names

English: Bonytongues, Arowana, Asian arowana
Bahasa Indonesia: Ikan arwana
ไทย: ปลาตะพัด

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