Notopteridae

Featherbacks or knifefishes

10 species

1. 1Chitala blanci (d'Aubenton, 1965) · Indochina featherbackfresh · tropical
2. 2Chitala borneensis (Bleeker, 1851)fresh · tropical
3. 3Chitala chitala (Hamilton, 1822) · Clown knifefishfresh · tropical · full sheet
4. 4Chitala hypselonotus (Bleeker, 1852)fresh · tropical
5. 5Chitala lopis (Bleeker, 1851) · Giant featherbackfresh · tropical
6. 6Chitala ornata (Gray, 1831) · Clown featherbackfresh · tropical
7. 7Notopterus notopterus (Pallas, 1769) · Bronze featherbackfresh · brackish · tropical
8. 8Papyrocranus afer (Günther, 1868) · Reticulate knifefishfresh · tropical
9. 9Papyrocranus congoensis (Nichols & La Monte, 1932)fresh · tropical
10. 10Xenomystus nigri (Günther, 1868) · African knifefishfresh · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.