Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Notopteridae Featherbacks or knifefishes
Subfamily: Xenomystinae
Genus: Papyrocranus

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Photo by Kaladjian, M.

Africa
Max. Length 80 cm TL
Papyrocranus afer (Günther, 1868)

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Papyrocranus afer
[Reticulate knifefish]
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Max. Length 29.2 cm SL

 
Papyrocranus congoensis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Papyrocranus afer Reticulate knifefish Africa 80 TL 1868
Papyrocranus congoensis Africa 29.2 SL 1932



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