Papyrocranus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha Ordo: Osteoglossiformes

Familia: Notopteridae
Genus: Papyrocranus
Species: P. afer – P. congoensis

Name

• Papyrocranus Greenwood, 1963: 401
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Notopterus afer Günther, 1868
    • Type by original designation
      • Note: FishBase erroneously states that N. afer is the type by monotypy; Greenwood (1963: 401) explicitly designates this the type species of Papyrocranus

References

• Greenwood, P.H. 1963: The swimbladder in African Notopteridae (Pisces) and its bearing on the taxonomy of the family. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 11 (5): 377–412, Pls. 1-4. BHL

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Papyrocranus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Eschmeyer, W.N., Catalog of Fishes (electronic version)