Osteoglossiformes
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Translingual
Etymology
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
