Papyrocranus
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Papyrocranus is a genus of fishes in family Notopteridae
found in many regions Africa
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Notopteridae
The family Notopteridae contains eight species of osteoglossiform fishes, commonly known as featherbacks and knifefishes. They are small fishes living in freshwater or brackish environments in Africa and South-east Asia....
found in many regions Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
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Species
- Papyrocranus aferPapyrocranus aferPapyrocranus afer or Reticulate knifefish is a genus of fishes in family Notopteridae found in many regions Africa....
(Günther, 1868) (Reticulate knifefish) - Papyrocranus congoensisPapyrocranus congoensisPapyrocranus congoensis is a genus of fishes in family Notopteridae found in Congo basin of Africa....
(NicholsJohn Treadwell NicholsJohn Treadwell Nichols was an American ichthyologist.-Biography:Nichols was born as son of John White Treadwell Nichols in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. In 1906 he studied vertebrate zoology at Harvard College where he graduated to Bachelor of Arts...
& La Monte, 1932)