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Osteoglossomorpha
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Les Osteoglossomorpha sont un super-ordre de poissons téléostéens (Teleostei).
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Osteoglossomorpha is a superorder of bony fish in the Teleostei.
==Notable members== A notable member is the arapaima (Arapaima gigas), the largest freshwater fish in South America and one of the largest bony fishes alive. Other notable members include the bizarre freshwater elephantfishes of family Mormyridae.
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