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Class: Teleostei
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Notopteridae Featherbacks or knifefishes
Subfamily: Xenomystinae
Genus: Xenomystus

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Photo by Kaladjian, M.

Africa
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Xenomystus nigri (Günther, 1868)

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Xenomystus nigri
[African knifefish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Xenomystus nigri African knifefish Africa 30 SL 1868



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