Osteoglossoidei

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Osteoglossoidei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Suborder: Osteoglossoidei
Families

Families Heterotididae
Pantodontidae (butterflyfishes)
Singidididae (extinct)
Osteoglossidae (arowana)

Osteoglossoidei are a sub-order of the group Osteoglossiformes (Lat. "bony tongues") that contains the butteryflyfishes and the arowanas. as well as extinct families.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mikko's Phylogeny for Osteoglossiformes.
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