Arapaima Müller, 1843

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

<i>Arch. Naturges.</i>, Jahrg. 9, <b>1</b>: 192

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Osteoglossiformes

family

Arapaimidae

genus

Arapaima

Name

Synonyms

Arapaema

Vastres Valenciennes, 1847

Homonyms

Arapaima Müller, 1843

Arapaima Lundberg & Chernoff, 1992

Bibliographic References

1. Arch. Naturgesch.
2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
4. Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
5. FishBase
6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
7. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1132 Two works by Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828, suppressed under the Plenary Powers: Heterotis Ruppell, 1829, ex Ehrenberg Ms (Pisces) validated under the Plenary Powers and placed on the Official List with Arapaima Muller, 1843 (Pisces).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 36(2), 85-90 (1979)
8. MonatsBer. Akad. Berlin, 1843
9. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
10. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
11. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
12. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
13. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
14. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
15. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
16. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
17. WoRMS (Mar 2013)