Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala
Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha
Ordo: Osteoglossiformes
Familia: Notopteridae
Genus: Papyrocranus
Species: P. afer – P. congoensis
Name
Papyrocranus Greenwood, 1963: 401
Gender: masculine
Type species: Notopterus afer Günther, 1868
Type by original designation
Note: FishBase erroneously states that N. afer is the type by monotypy; Greenwood (1963: 401) explicitly designates this the type species of Papyrocranus
References
Greenwood, P.H. 1963: The swimbladder in African Notopteridae (Pisces) and its bearing on the taxonomy of the family. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 11 (5): 377–412, Pls. 1-4. BHL
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Papyrocranus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Eschmeyer, W.N., Catalog of Fishes (electronic version)
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
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Papyrocranus". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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