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Family Notopteridae (knifefish)

Osteichthyes - Osteoglossiformes - Notopteridae

Parent taxon: Osteoglossiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Jordan 1963, Khajuria and Prasad 1998, Lim 1996, Nelson et al. 2016 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Arapaimidae, Foreyichthyidae, Gymnarchidae, Heterosteoglossum, Lopadichthys, Lycopteridae, Monopteros, Mormyridae, Opsithrissops, Osteoglossidae, Osteoglossoidei, Saurocephalidae, Tongxinichthys, Wakinoichthiidae, Wilsonichthys, Xixiaichthys

Subtaxa: Notopteridarum Notopterinae Notopterus Xenomystinae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of India (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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