Notopteroidei

Notopteroidei
Campylomormyrus tamandua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Suborder:	Notopteroidei Jordan, 1923
Subgroups [1] [2] [3]
† Laeliichthys † Lopadichthys † Ostariostoma † Palaeonotopterus † Sinoglossus ? Notopteridae (featherfin knives) Mormyroidea Gymnarchidae (aba) Mormyridae (elephantfishes)

Notopteroidei is a suborder of the order Osteoglossiformes that contains the extant families Gymnarchidae (aba), Notopteridae (feather backs and knifefish) and Mormyridae (elephantfishes), as well as several extinct taxa. The Mormyridae are weakly electric fishes, able to locate prey in turbid water. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. Brito, P. M.; Figueiredo, F. J.; Leal, M. E. C. (2020). "A revision of Laeliichthys ancestralis Santos, 1985 (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil: Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographical implications". PLOS ONE. 15 (10) e0241009. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1541009B. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241009 . PMC   7595333 . PMID   33119676.
2. Hilton, E. J.; Lavoué, S. (2018). "A review of the systematic biology of fossil and living bony-tongue fishes, Osteoglossomorpha (Actinopterygii: Teleostei)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 16 (3). doi: 10.1590/1982-0224-20180031 . S2CID   92396368.
3. Murray, A. M.; Zelenitsky, D. K.; Brinkman, D. B.; Neuman, A. G. (2018). "Two new Palaeocene osteoglossomorphs from Canada, with a reassessment of the relationships of the genus †Joffrichthys, and analysis of diversity from articulated versus microfossil material". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183 (4): 907–944. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx100.