Papyrocranus Congoensis
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''Papyrocranus congoensis'' is a species of
ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
in the family
Notopteridae The family Notopteridae contains 11 species of osteoglossiform (bony-tongued) fishes, commonly known as featherbacks and knifefishes. These fishes live in freshwater or brackish environments in Africa and West, South, East and Southeast Asia. W ...
found in the
Congo River The Congo River, formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third-largest river in the world list of rivers by discharge, by discharge volume, following the Amazon Ri ...
basin of Africa.


References

Notopteridae Freshwater fish of Africa Fish described in 1932 Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Taxa named by Francesca LaMonte {{Osteoglossiformes-stub