''Papyrocranus'' is a genus of freshwater fishes in family
Notopteridae
The family Notopteridae contains 10 species of osteoglossiform (bony-tongued) fishes, commonly known as featherbacks and knifefishes. These fishes live in freshwater or brackish environments in Africa and South and Southeast Asia.
With the denot ...
found in
Middle and
West Africa
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Maurit ...
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Species
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Papyrocranus afer
The reticulated knifefish (''Papyrocranus afer'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Notopteridae, the featherbacks, found in tropical West Africa. It reaches a maximum length of and a reported weight of .
Description
The reticulated ...
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( Günther, 1868) (reticulated knifefish)
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Papyrocranus congoensis
''Papyrocranus congoensis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Notopteridae found in the Congo River
The Congo River ( kg, Nzâdi Kôngo, french: Fleuve Congo, pt, Rio Congo), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second ...
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People
*Nichols (surname)
*Nichol, a surname
Places Canada
* Nichols Islands, Nunavut
United States
* Nichols, California, an unincorporated community
* Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, California
* Nichols, Connecticut
* Nic ...
& La Monte, 1932)
References
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Notopteridae
Freshwater fish genera
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