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Taxonomy and Nomenclature Kingdom:
Animalia Rank: Species Synonym(s):Ischnosoma bicirrhosum Cuvier, 1829 Vernacular name(s): arawana [English] arowana [English] aruana [English] bandfish [English] silver aruana [English] Taxonomic Status: Current Standing: valid Data Quality Indicators: Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met |
Taxonomic Hierarchy Get the following data in XML format - up to the kingdom Get the following data in XML format Kingdom Animalia-- animals Phylum Chordata-- chordates Subphylum Vertebrata-- vertebrates Superclass Osteichthyes-- bony fishes Class Actinopterygii-- ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes Subclass Neopterygii-- neopterygians Infraclass Teleostei Superorder Osteoglossomorpha Order Osteoglossiformes-- bonytongues Suborder Osteoglossoidei Family Osteoglossidae-- bandfishes, bonytongues Subfamily Osteoglossinae Genus Osteoglossum Species Osteoglossum bicirrhosum-- arawana, arowana |
References Other sources: Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004 website (version 10-May-04); (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/) Source: NODC Taxonomic Code database (version 8.0) References: Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5. Nelson, Joseph S. 1994. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. John Wiley and Sons. New York, New York, USA. xvii + 600. ISBN: 0-471-54713-1. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 243. ISBN: 0-913235-54-7. Shiino, Sueo M. 1976. List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. Shima Marineland. Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan. 262. |
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