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because rank is principal or always_display=yes.

Ancestral taxa
Domain: Eukaryota /displayed  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Amorphea  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Obazoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Opisthokonta  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Holozoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Filozoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Kingdom: Animalia  [Taxonomy; edit]
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: ParaHoxozoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Bilateria  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Nephrozoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Superphylum: Deuterostomia  [Taxonomy; edit]
Phylum: Chordata  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Olfactores  [Taxonomy; edit]
Subphylum: Vertebrata  [Taxonomy; edit]
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Eugnathostomata  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Teleostomi  [Taxonomy; edit]
Superclass: Osteichthyes  [Taxonomy; edit]
Class: Actinopterygii  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Actinopteri  [Taxonomy; edit]
Subclass: Neopterygii  [Taxonomy; edit]
Infraclass: Teleosteomorpha  [Taxonomy; edit]
Division: Teleostei  [Taxonomy; edit]
Supercohort: Teleocephala  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Osteoglossocephala  [Taxonomy; edit]
Cohort: Osteoglossomorpha  [Taxonomy; edit]
Order: Osteoglossiformes  [Taxonomy; edit]
Suborder: Osteoglossoidei  [Taxonomy; edit]
Family: Osteoglossidae  [Taxonomy; edit]
Subfamily: Arapaiminae  [Taxonomy; edit]
Genus: Arapaima  [Taxonomy; edit]


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Parent: Arapaiminae [Taxonomy; edit]
Rank: genus (displays as Genus)
Link: Arapaima
Extinct: no
Always displayed: yes (major rank)
Taxonomic references:
Parent's taxonomic references:
  • Hilton, E. J.; Lavoué, S. (2018). "A review of the systematic biology of fossil and living bony-tongue fishes, Osteoglossomorpha (Actinopterygii: Teleostei)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 16 (3). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20180031. S2CID 92396368.
  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2021). "Osteoglossidae" in FishBase. July 2021 version.
  • Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.