Notopterus
Genus of fish
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Notopterus is a genus of fishes in family Notopteridae found in South Asia:Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh (N. synurus) and Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam (N. notopterus).[1]
| Notopterus Temporal range: | |
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| Notopterus notopterus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Notopteridae |
| Subfamily: | Notopterinae |
| Genus: | Notopterus Lacépède, 1800 |
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N. notopterus (Pallas, 1769) | |
The genus was formerly monotypic, featuring only the tautonymous type species. However, genetic evidence recommended that the genus be split in 2020.[2] In addition, the fossil species †Notopterus primaevus Günther, 1876 is known from an complete skeleton described from the Eocene-aged Sangkarewang Formation of Sumatra, Indonesia.[3][4]
