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Asiatic Knifefish
Notopterus notopterus (Pallas, 1769)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Osteoglossiformes »  family Notopteridae - knifefishes or featherbacks »  genus Notopterus

Scientific synonyms

Gymnotus notopterus Pallas, 1769
Mystus badgee Sykes, 1839
Notopterus bontianus Valenciennes, 1848
Notopterus kapirat Lacépède, 1800
Mystus kapirat (Lacépède, 1800)
Notopterus kopirot Lacépède, 1800
Notopterus osmani Rahimullah & Das, 1991
Notopterus pallasii Valenciennes, 1848
Notopterus primaevus Günther, 1876

Other names

= Black Featherback
= Bronze Featherback
= Common Knife Fish
= Feather Back

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [7990]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication 2025 [species/18065]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2001-2025): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Notopterus notopterus (Pallas, 1769)]
Data retrieved on: 25 March 2025
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [166433]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Notopterus notopterus (Pallas, 1769)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
CZ Hanel L., Novák J. (2001): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces), 2. Nozdratí (Sarcopterygii), paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii) /mnohoploutví (Polypteriformes) – bezostní (Clupeiformes), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 64 pp. [as Notopterus notopterus (Pallas, 1769)]
Data retrieved on: 5 June 2013
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