WoRMS taxon details
Papyrocranus afer (Günther, 1868)
581711 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581711)
accepted
Species
Notopterus afer Günther, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Papyrochranus afer (Günther, 1868) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Paryrocranus afer (Günther, 1868) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
(of Notopterus afer Günther, 1868) Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum.</em> v. 7: i-xx + 1-512. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Papyrocranus afer (Günther, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581711 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Notopterus afer Günther, 1868) Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum.</em> v. 7: i-xx + 1-512. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Papyrocranus afer)
To FishBase (from synonym Notopterus afer Günther, 1868)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Notopterus afer Günther, 1868)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Papyrocranus afer)
To FishBase (from synonym Notopterus afer Günther, 1868)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Notopterus afer Günther, 1868)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
