| Marble knifefishes | |
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| Papyrocranus afer | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Notopteridae |
| Subfamily: | Xenomystinae |
| Genus: | Papyrocranus Greenwood, 1963 |
| Type species | |
| Notopterus afer Günther, 1868
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| Species | |
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See text | |
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| Red: Papyrocranus congoensis extant, Light red: Papyrocranus congoensis possibly extant, Blue: Papyrocranus afer extant, Purple: both Papyrocranus congoensis and Papyrocranus afer extant | |
Papyrocranus is a genus of freshwater fishes in family Notopteridae found in Middle and West Africa.
Species
- Papyrocranus afer (Günther, 1868) (reticulated knifefish)
- Papyrocranus congoensis (Nichols & La Monte, 1932)
References
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Papyrocranus". FishBase. June 2011 version.