Notopteridae

	Name	Featherbacks and knifefishes
	Regnum	Animal ia
	Phylum	Chordata
	Classis	Actinopterygii
	Ordo	Osteoglossiformes
	Familia	'''Notopteridae'''
	Subdivision Ranks	Genera

The family Notopteridae contains eight species of Osteoglossiform (bony-tongued) fishes, commonly known as '''featherbacks''' and '''knifefishes'''. They are small fishes living in Freshwater or Brackish environments in Africa and South-east Asia . They are elongated in shape and their fins run the length of the body, with the resulting appearance of a Knife .

The name is from Greek ''noton'' meaning "back" and ''pteron'' meaning "fin".

There are eight species in four genera:

Genus '' Chitala ''

--- Indochina Featherback , '' Chitala Blanci '' (d'Aubenton, 1965).

--- Clown Knifefish , '' Chitala Chitala '' (Hamilton, 1822).

--- Giant Featherback , '' Chitala Lopis '' ( Bleeker , 1851).

--- Clown Featherback , '' Chitala Ornata '' ( Gray , 1831).

Genus '' Notopterus ''

--- Bronze Featherback , '' Notopterus Notopterus '' ( Pallas , 1769).

Genus '' Papyrocranus ''

--- Reticulate Knifefish , '' Papyrocranus Afer '' ( Günther , 1868).

--- '' Papyrocranus Congoensis '' (Nichols & La Monte, 1932).

Genus '' Xenomystus ''

--- African Knifefish , '' Xenomystus Nigri '' (Günther, 1868).

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