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Papyrocranus afer (Günther, 1868)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osteoglossiformes
family
Notopteridae
genus
Papyrocranus
species
Papyrocranus afer

Name

Synonyms
Notopterus afer Günther, 1868
Papyrochranus afer (Günther, 1868)
Paryrocranus afer (Günther, 1868)
Homonyms
Papyrocranus afer (Günther, 1868)
Common names
African featherfin in English
African featherfin in English
Afrikanischer Fähnchen Messerfisch in German
Feather Back in English
Lakoro in language.
Notopterus Africký in language.
Nožovec Africký in language.
Pami in language.
Reticulated Knifefish in English
Sortagtig Knivbladfisk in language.
Sèr in language.
Tummateräkala in language.
Verkkoteräkala in language.
Zalazo in language.
reticulate knifefish in English
reticulate knifefish in English
Африканский спинопёр in Russian
アロワナナイフ in Japanese
Afrikanischer Fähnchen Messerfisch in German
Feather Back in English
Lakoro in language.
Notopterus Africký in language.
Nožovec Africký in language.
Pami in language.
Reticulate Knifefish in English
Sortagtig Knivbladfisk in Danish
Sèr in language.
Tummateräkala in language.
Verkkoteräkala in language.
Zalazo in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
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