Are butterfly's arowanas

[jordanhunt]

I got a butterfly fish today and Its face looks similar to an arowana, are they related to them?
Here's a pic of one, see the resemblance?


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[archers]

They are related, kinda like cousins

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[jordanhunt]

Will they eat pellet or shout I buy small crickets?


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[Miguel]

They are bony tongues, as aro's and knife fish.

 

[Bderick67]

Though in the same order/sub order as arowana, they are not in the arowana family.

 

[lix.ma14]

all said.. the bony tongue family with aros and knifes.

 

[Ajohnson2882]

Pretty neat fish! I saw your avatar in another thread you posted in and thought it had the look of an arowana to it.

 

[Bderick67]

all said.. the bony tongue family with aros and knifes.

Knife fish and butterfly fish are not in the bony tongue family. Only arowana and arapaima are in the bony tongue family. Knife fish and butterfly fish are in the bony tongue order though, kinda confusing the way they are listed.

 

[Wiggles92]

Here's how the classification goes for the mentioned groups of fishes:

Order Osteoglossiformes

Sub-Order Osteoglossoidei​

Family Pantodontidae (Butterflyfishes)​

Family Osteoglossidae (Arowana & Arapaima)​

Sub-Order Notopteroidei​

Family Notopteridae (Featherfin Knifefishes)​

Family Gymnarchidae (Aba Aba)​

Family Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)​

 

[nirman]

Here's how the classification goes for the mentioned groups of fishes:

Order Osteoglossiformes

Sub-Order Osteoglossoidei​

Family Pantodontidae (Butterflyfishes)​

Family Osteoglossidae (Arowana & Arapaima)​

Sub-Order Notopteroidei​

Family Notopteridae (Featherfin Knifefishes)​

Family Gymnarchidae (Aba Aba)​

Family Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)​

Nice to here about that... Thanks