Family Osteoglossidae Bonaparte 1832 (arowana)
Osteichthyes - Osteoglossiformes
PaleoDB taxon number: 53976
Parent taxon: Osteoglossiformes according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Arapaimidae, Foreyichthyidae, Gymnarchidae, Lopadichthys, Lycopteridae, Monopteros, Mormyridae, Notopteridae, Opsithrissops, Pantodontidae, Saurocephalidae, Tongxinichthys, Wakinoichthiidae, Wilsonichthys, Xixiaichthys
Subtaxa: Dapedoglossus, Genartina, Heterotidinae, Heterotis, Osteoglossidarum, Osteoglossinae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore