Arapaima

Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha Ordo: Osteoglossiformes

Familia: Arapaimidae
Genus:
Species: A. agassizii – A. arapaima – A. gigas – A. leptosoma – A. mapae

Name

Arapaima Müller, 1843

Type species: Sudis gigas Schinz, 1822

Sudis Cuvier, 1816: 180. Type: Sudis gigas Schinz, 1822. Type by subsequent monotypy.
Vastres Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847

Lundberg, J.G.; Chernoff, B. 1992: A Miocene fossil of the Amazonian fish Arapaima (Teleostei, Arapaimidae) from the Magdalena River region of Colombia – biogeographic and evolutionary implications. Biotropica, 24(1): 2–14. JSTOR ZooBank
Müller, J.; 1843: Beiträge zur Kenntniss der natürlichen Familien der Fische. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 9: 292–330. BHL
Stewart, D. J.; 2013: Re-description of Arapaima agassizii (Valenciennes), a Rare Fish from Brazil (Osteoglossomorpha: Osteoglossidae). Copeia, 2013 (1): 38–51.
Arapaima and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.