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Papyrocranus
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Papyrocranus

Papyrocranus is a genus of freshwater fishes in family Notopteridae found in Middle and West Africa.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Reticulated Knifefish

speciesPapyrocranus afer

Congo Marble Knifefish

speciesPapyrocranus congoensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90663.