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African Arowana

Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Heterotis niloticus
Species recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia SV, Benin Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Chad Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Ghana Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Madagascar Species List, Mali Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Senegal Species List, Sudan Species List, Togo Species List, wikipedia EU, North Atlantic Species List, South Atlantic Species List, NCBI, and United States Species List
Heterotis niloticus
Recognized by FAO Fishery Statistics and Furui 2020
Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and GBIF national node type records France
Heterotis niloticus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Heterotis niloticus
Recognized by Flickr Group
Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829)
Recognized by Fishbase
Sudis adansonii
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Clupisudis niloticus (Cuvier 1829)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Heterotis adansoni Valenciennes 1847
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Heterotis adansonii (Cuvier 1829)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Heterotis ehrenbergii Valenciennes 1847
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Heterotis nilotica (Cuvier 1829)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Sudis adansonii Cuvier 1829
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Sudis nilotica Cuvier 1829
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Sudis niloticus Cuvier 1829
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Clupisudis niloticus
Synonym according to NCBI
Clupisudis niloticus (Cuvier 1829)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Heterotis adansoni Valenciennes 1847
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Heterotis adansonii (Cuvier 1829)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Heterotis ehrenbergii Valenciennes 1847
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Heterotis nilotica (Cuvier 1829)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Sudis adansonii Cuvier 1829
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Sudis nilotica
Synonym according to NCBI
Sudis nilotica Cuvier 1829
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Sudis niloticus Cuvier 1829
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Clupisudis niloticus (Cuvier 1829)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Clupisudis niloticus (Cuvier 1829)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Clupisudis niloticus (Cuvier 1829)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Heterotis adansoni Valenciennes 1847
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Heterotis adansoni Valenciennes 1847
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Heterotis adansonii (Cuvier 1829)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Heterotis adansonii (Cuvier 1829)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Heterotis ehrenbergii Valenciennes 1847
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Heterotis ehrenbergii Valenciennes 1847
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Heterotis nilotica (Cuvier 1829)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Heterotis nilotica (Cuvier 1829)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Sudis adansonii Cuvier 1829
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Sudis adansonii Cuvier 1829
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Sudis nilotica Cuvier 1829
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Sudis nilotica Cuvier 1829
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Sudis niloticus
Ambiguous synonym according to Fishbase
Sudis niloticus Cuvier 1829
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Sudis niloticus Cuvier 1829
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Sudis niloticus Rüppell 1829
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

African arowana
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
African bonytongue
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Bony tongue
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Heterotis
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
No name
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Stoneside
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
African Arowana preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
African Bonytongue
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Bony Tongue
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Akan

Trepake preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Arabic

N'golô preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Nauk
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Ngoll
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Ngollo
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Noag
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Nok
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase

Bambara

Fana preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Chinese

尼羅異耳骨舌魚 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

Fantang nilský preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Danish

Afrikansk knogletunge preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Dinka

Lek preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

Aafrika kontkeel preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Klupisudis
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase

Ewe

Efa
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Fa
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Ƒa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Afrikanarapaima preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

French

Poisson sans nom preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names

German

Westafrikanischer Knochenzüngler
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Afrikanischer Knochenzüngler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hausa

Bahli preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Bali
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Balli
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Bargi
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Begigi
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Berigi
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Dan shakata
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Nakantala
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase

Hebrew

ארפאימה אפריקאית preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Igbo

Kpokpo preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Okpo
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase

Japanese

ナイルアロワナ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Kanuri

Kawi preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Polish

Heterotis preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Sango

Mokengë preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swahili

Muzalazala preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Swedish

Fanntang preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names

Thai

ปลาอะโรวาน่าแอฟริกา preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Wolof

N'diaguel preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Yoruba

Afo preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Aika
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Alapa
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Kano
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
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Curated hierarchies for Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossomorpha
Osteoglossiformes
Osteoglossidae
Heterotis
Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829) (this page)

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Osteoglossiformes
Arapaimidae
Heterotis
Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829) (this page)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossomorpha
Osteoglossiformes
Osteoglossidae
Heterotis
Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829) (this page)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossomorpha
Osteoglossiformes
Osteoglossidae
Heterotis
Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829) (this page)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Osteoglossiformes
Arapaimidae
Heterotis Rüppell (1828)
Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829) (this page)
Heterotis acutangulus Stinton 1975

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossomorpha
Osteoglossiformes
Osteoglossoidei
Osteoglossidae
Heterotidinae
Heterotis Rüppell 1828
Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829) (this page)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Osteoglossiformes
Osteoglossidae
Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829) (this page)
Arapaima gigas (Schinz 1822)
Arapaima mapae (Valenciennes 1847)
Osteoglossum ferreirai Kanazawa 1966
Scleropages formosus (Müller & Schlegel 1840)
Scleropages inscriptus Roberts 2012
Scleropages jardinii (Saville-Kent 1892)
Scleropages leichardti Günther 1864

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossocephalai
Osteoglossocephala
Osteoglossomorpha
Osteoglossiformes
Osteoglossidae
Heterotis
Heterotis niloticus (this page)

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Clupeocephala
Euteleosteomorpha
Neoteleostei
Eurypterygii
Aulopiformes
Paralepididae
Sudis
Sudis adansonii (this page)
Sudis atrox
Sudis bathyopteryx
Sudis brevirostris
Sudis bronsoni
Sudis coregonoides
Sudis hyalina
Sudis jayakari
Sudis pirarucu
Sudis pofi
Sudis pseudosphyraenoides
Sudis ringens
Sudis rissoi
Sudis thermophilus
Sudis vanderbilti

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Osteoglossiformes
Arapaimidae
Heterotis
Heterotis niloticus (this page)
Heterotis acutangulus
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