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
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of India (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence