Week 5: Early Teleostei Osteoglossomorpha Elopomorpha Clupeomorpha
Osteoglossomorpha freshwater (not in Europe) bony tongue left oriented intestine
Class Lamprey Osteoglossomorpha
ps = parasphenoid tongue = glossohyal osteo-gloss = bony tongue
OSTEOGLOSSOMORPHA Hiodontidae (Hiodontiformes) FW NA ~ 2 sp. Pantodontidae (Osteglossiformes) W. Africa ~ 1 sp. Osteoglossidae (Osteoglossiformes) S. Hemisphere ~8 species
SA
North AmericaEurasia Australia AfricaSouth America cladogram for major continents Present day ~400 MYA Osteoglossidae arawana arapaima
Osteoglossidae arawana (arowana, aruana) silver arawana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum SA ~1 m pair of sensory barbels
10 ft (3 m) 400 lbs (180) kg Arapaima gigas Brazil aquarium aka pirarucu Osteoglossidae
ornate
surface feeders aerial leaps ~2 m refraction
~connected to gut lung-like air bladder
Osteoglossum Osteoglossidae arapaima arawana Amazon River Basin Osteoglossum
Scleropages Osteoglossum arawana
120 MYA 105 MYA 65 MYA 50 MYA Today NH 6/09
Arapaima gigas both parents guard embryos (~50,000) in nest secretes nutritious mucus parental care
one parent mouth broods (~100) in mouth
Osteoglossum (S. A., Africa) (male mouth broods) Scleropages (Asian, Australian) (female mouth broods)
O. bicirrhosum