Papyrocranus

Classification

Genus: Papyrocranus
Family: Notopteridae - Featherback
Order: Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

Papyrocranus is a genus of freshwater fishes in family Notopteridae found in Middle and West Africa.

  • Papyrocranus afer (Günther, 1868) (reticulated knifefish)
  • Papyrocranus congoensis (Nichols & La Monte, 1932)

Species

Reticulate knifefish
(Papyrocranus afer)

Papyrocranus congoensis

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