The African arowana or Nile arowana (Heterotis niloticus) is a species of bonytongue. Despite being called an "arowana", the African arowana is more closely related to arapaimas, the only other members in the subfamily Arapaiminae, than the South American, Asian, and Australian arowanas in the subfamily Osteoglossinae (Arapaiminae is sometimes considered to be a separate family from Osteoglossidae).[2][3] Compared to these, the African arowana has a more terminal mouth and is the only one that feeds extensively on plankton.[4]
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The Africanarowana or Nile arowana (Heterotis niloticus) is a species of bonytongue. Despite being called an "arowana", the Africanarowana is more closely...
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and the Africanarowana (Heterotis niloticus) from the watersheds of the Sahelo-Sudanese region, Senegal, Gambia, and parts of Eastern Africa. This subfamily...
much of the Nile system such as marbled lungfish, Senegal bichir, Africanarowana, Mormyrus caschive, Nile carp, Nile tilapia, mango tilapia, redbelly...
and alike), overfishing and introduced species (tilapia, Nile perch, Africanarowana, blotched snakehead, green swordtail and many other), with some suggesting...
tilapia, mango tilapia, bichirs, the elephantfish Mormyrus kannume, Africanarowana, African knifefish, Distichodus niloticus, the Nile perch and numerous others...
Russia, Suriname, Brazil, Guyana, Mexico, Peru, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, the Republic of the Congo, Mongolia, and the U.S. states of Alaska, Florida...
where the male looks after the eggs. Paternal mouthbrooders include the arowana, various mouthbrooding bettas and gouramies such as Betta pugnax, and sea...
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tank houses two species of tigerfish, the African and Goliath tigerfish alongside Africanarowanas, African pike, giraffe catfish, lapradei bichir and...
containing Sandonella sandoni (Lynsdale, 1960) described from the Africanarowana (Heterotis niloticus) from Sudan Subfamily Testudotaeniinae de Chambrier...
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is also the park's chain attraction. Some of the animals include Asian arowana, Bermuda blue angelfish, chocolate chip star, clownfish, common carp, emperor...
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nobilis Holothuria scabra Pineapple seacucumber (Thelenota ananas) Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus) Red line torpedo barb (Sahyadria denisonii) Golden...
Osteoglossidae is a family of large freshwater fish, which includes the arowanas and arapaima. They are commonly known as bonytongues. The family contains...
tropical river fish such as tambaqui (Pacu), redtail catfish, and silver arowana. The coral reef exhibit is home to species of aquatic life from coral reefs...
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