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Pantodontidae

Pantodontidae

[‚pan·tə′dän·tə‚dē]
(vertebrate zoology)
A family of fishes in the order Osteoglossiformes; the single, small species is known as African butterflyfish because of its expansive pectoral fins.
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On the cranial osteology of the fishes of the families Osteoglossidae, Pantodontidae, Phractolaemidae.
Teleostean phylogeny based on osteological and myological characters/Filogenia de teleosteos basada en caracteristicas osteologicas y miologicas
The species is the lone entry in the monospecific family Pantodontidae. It lives in the waters of the Cross River system of West Africa, and as its ecological niche is just below the water surface, it has evolved an escape behavior that is a jump into the air.
New Jersey academy of science and affiliated societies program of the 47th annual meeting
Teleost fishes make up the most diverse group among the vertebrates, encompassing an estimated 20,000 living species divided into approximately 38 orders (Richter et al., 2000), among them that of the Osteoglossiforms, which comprise two families, the Osteoglossidae and the Pantodontidae. Today, Arapaima gigas is classified as Arapaimidae, which is endemic to the Amazon basin and an obligatory air-breather (Val; Almeida-Val, 1995).
Anatomical behavior of the celiacomesenteric artery of pirarucu Arapaima gigas Cuvier, 1817 (Osteoglossiforme, Arapaimidae)/Comportamiento anatomico de la arteria celiacomesenterica en pirarucu Arapaima gigas Cuvier, 1817 (Osteoglosiforme, Arapaimidae)
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