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): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; 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
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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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