African brown knifefish
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For the species usually called the aba aba (Gymnarchus niloticus) but occasionally African knifefish, see Gymnarchus.
The African brown knifefish (Xenomystus nigri) is the only species in the genus Xenomystus of the family Notopteridae. This fish is found in the Chad, Nile, Congo, Ogowe and Niger basins, as well as coastal river basins in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Benin and Cameroon.[1]
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African brown knifefish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
Family: | Notopteridae |
Subfamily: | Xenomystinae |
Genus: | Xenomystus Günther, 1868 |
Species: | X. nigri |
Binomial name | |
Xenomystus nigri (Günther, 1868) | |
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