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Osteoglossum

Synonyms: Ichnosoma; Ischnosoma

Wikipedia Abstract

Osteoglossum is a genus of fish in the family Osteoglossidae. The genus contains two species: the silver arowana (O. bicirrhosum) and the black arowana (O. ferreirai). They reach almost 1 m (3.3 ft) in length and are restricted to freshwater habitats in tropical South America.
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Species

Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (Arawana) (Attributes)
Osteoglossum ferreirai (Black arawana)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0