Xenomystus nigri (Günther, 1868)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Osteoglossiformes
- family
- Notopteridae
- genus
- Xenomystus
- species
- Xenomystus nigri
Name
- Synonyms
- Notopterus nigri Günther, 1868
- Notopterus nili Steindachner, 1881
- Xenomystes nigri (Günther, 1868)
- Homonyms
- Xenomystus nigri (Günther, 1868)
- Common names
- African Brown Knifefish in English
- African Knife-fish in English
- African knifefish in English
- African knifefish in English
- Afrikaanse mesvis in Dutch
- Afrikanischer Messerfisch in German
- Afrikansk Knivfisk in Swedish
- Barrygget Knivbladfisk in language.
- Bele Bunyi in language.
- Brzeszczotek Czarny in Polish
- Dolajo in language.
- Felefele in language.
- Ipelepele in language.
- Ksenomist in Russian
- Nfabla in language.
- Nožovec Africký in language.
- Nožovec černý in language.
- Poisson Couteau in French
- Teräkala in language.
- Xenomystus Africký in language.
- false featherback in English
- false featherback in language.
- false featherback in English
- Ложный спинопёр in Russian
- спинопер ложный in Russian
- سمك السكين البني الأفريقي in Arabic
- アフリカン・ナイフフィッシュ in Japanese
- African Knifefish in English
- African Knife Fish in English
- African Knife-fish in English
- Afrikanischer Messerfisch in German
- Afrikansk Knivfisk in Swedish
- Barrygget Knivbladfisk in Danish
- Bele Bunyi in language.
- Brzeszczotek Czarny in Polish
- Dolajo in language.
- False Featherback in English
- Felefele in language.
- Ipelepele in language.
- Ksenomist in Russian
- Nfabla in language.
- Nožovec Africký in language.
- Nožovec černý in language.
- Poisson Couteau in French
- Teräkala in language.
- Xenomystus Africký in language.
- спинопер ложный in Russian
Bibliographic References
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
- 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). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
- Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
- Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.