Species details : Notopterus notopterus (Pallas, 1769)

Accepted scientific name:
Notopterus notopterus (Pallas, 1769) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Notopterus notopterus  (Pallas, 1769)
Synonyms:
Clupea synura Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Clupea synura Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Glanis imberbis Gronow, 1854 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Glanis imberbis Gronow, 1854
Gymnotus notopterus Pallas, 1769 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Gymnotus notopterus Pallas, 1769
Mystus badgee Sykes, 1839 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Mystus badgee Sykes, 1839
Mystus kapirat (Lacépède, 1800) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Mystus kapirat (Lacépède, 1800)
Notopterus bontianus Valenciennes, 1848 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Notopterus bontianus Valenciennes, 1848
Notopterus kapirat Lacepède, 1800 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Notopterus kapirat Lacepède, 1800
Notopterus kopirot Lacepède, 1800 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Notopterus kopirot Lacepède, 1800
Notopterus osmani Rahimullah & Das, 1991 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Notopterus osmani Rahimullah & Das, 1991
Notopterus pallasii Valenciennes, 1848 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Notopterus pallasii Valenciennes, 1848
Notopterus primaevus Günther, 1876 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Notopterus primaevus Günther, 1876
Osteoglossum cynurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Osteoglossum cynurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Kandla - - India(Thobal, Nambul) Click here to show the literature
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Kanduli - Assamese India(Brahamaputra, Barak ,Kulsi) Click here to show the literature
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chital - Bengali Bangladesh Click here to show the literature
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Foli - Bengali Bangladesh Click here to show the literature
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Pholui - Bengali India(West Bengal, Dhalai, Burigang, Manu, Khowai, Haora) Click here to show the literature
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চিতল - Bengali Bangladesh
ফলি - Bengali Bangladesh
Nga-pe - Burmese Myanmar Click here to show the literature
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Nožovec africký - Czech - Click here to show the literature
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Nožovec malý - Czech - Click here to show the literature
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Nožovec obecný - Czech - Click here to show the literature
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Almindelig knivbladfisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Asiatic knifefish - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Bronze featherback - English - Click here to show the literature
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Bronze featherback - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Common knife fish - English Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Feather back - English Bangladesh Click here to show the literature
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Feather back - English India Click here to show the literature
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Grey featherback - English India Click here to show the literature
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Harmaateräkala - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Pronssiteräkala - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Pholi - Hindi India(India) Click here to show the literature
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फूली - Hindi India
Chamari - Kannada India(Karnataka State (Krishna & Godavari river)) Click here to show the literature
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Chappali - Kannada India(Karnataka State (Cauvery, Krishna & Godavari river) Click here to show the literature
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Chappali-chamari - Kannada India(Karanataka.) Click here to show the literature
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Slat - Khmer Cambodia(Kompong Chhnang Province) Click here to show the literature
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Trey slat - Khmer Cambodia Click here to show the literature
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Dtong - Laotian Laos(Sanasomboun district) Click here to show the literature
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Pa tong - Laotian Laos(Ban Hang Khone, Don Khone, 3 km below fall line of) Click here to show the literature
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Pa tong na - Laotian Laos(Ban Hang Khone, Khong District, Champasak Province) Click here to show the literature
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Belida - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Kapirat - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Ambattan valai - Malayalam India(Kerala.) Click here to show the literature
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Ambattankathi - Malayalam India(Kerala) Click here to show the literature
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Vala - Malayalam India(Kerala) Click here to show the literature
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അംബട്ടന് വാള - Malayalam India
അന്പട്ടന് കാതി - Malayalam India
അന്വട്ടന് കത്തി - Malayalam India
അന്വട്ടന് വാള - Malayalam India
വാള - Malayalam India
弓背魚(駝背魚) Gong bei yu ,tuo bei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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弓背鱼(驼背鱼) Gong bei yu ,tuo bei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Chalat - Marathi India(Maharashtra State) Click here to show the literature
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Patre - Marathi India(Maharashtra State) Click here to show the literature
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Golhai - Nepali Nepal(Bheri, Gandaki, Karnali and Narayani zones.) Click here to show the literature
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Patara - Nepali Nepal(Bheri, Gandaki Karnali and Narayani zones.) Click here to show the literature
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पतरा - Nepali India
Battu - Punjabi India(Punjab) Click here to show the literature
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But - Punjabi India(Punjab) Click here to show the literature
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Moh - Punjabi India(Punjab) Click here to show the literature
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Payi - Punjabi India(Punjab) Click here to show the literature
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Purri - Punjabi India(Punjab) Click here to show the literature
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ਪਾਈ - Punjabi India
ਪੁੱਰੀ - Punjabi India
ਬਾੱਟੂ - Punjabi India
ਬੁਟ - Punjabi India
ਮੋਹ - Punjabi India
Spinoper - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Нотоптерус коричневый (=нож серебристый) - Russian - Click here to show the literature
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прямопер - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Ambattan vazhai - Tamil India(Tamil Nadu) Click here to show the literature
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Ambattan-kathi - Tamil India(Tamil Nadu) Click here to show the literature
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Chappathi - Tamil India(Tamil Nadu) Click here to show the literature
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Chennavalai - Tamil India(Tamil Nadu) Click here to show the literature
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Chinna vazhai - Tamil India(Tamil Nadu) Click here to show the literature
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Chottavalai - Tamil India(Tamil Nadu) Click here to show the literature
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Cotta vazhai - Tamil India(Tamil Nadu) Click here to show the literature
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அம்பட்ட காத்தீ - Tamil India
அம்பட்டண் கத்தி - Tamil India
அம்பட்டண் வாழை - Tamil India
அம்பட்டன் வாழை - Tamil India
கோட்டா வாழை - Tamil India
சப்பாத்தி - Tamil India
சின்ன வாழை - Tamil India
சென்னவலை - Tamil India
சோட்டா வாழை - Tamil India
Ulakathatta - Telugu India(Andhra Pradesh) Click here to show the literature
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ఉలకతట్ట  - Telugu India
Pla cha lat - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla cha-lad - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla chalat - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla sa lat - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla sa teo - Thai Thailand
Pla sa tue - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla sa-lad - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla salat - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla tong - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla tong na - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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ปลาฉลาด Pla cha-lad Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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ปลาตอง Pla tong Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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ปลาตองนา Pla tong na Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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ปลาสตือ Pla sa tue Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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ปลาสลาด Pla sa-lad Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Cá thát lát - Vietnamese Viet Nam Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Osteoglossiformes FishBase
Family Notopteridae FishBase
Genus Notopterus FishBase
Distribution: Asia: Indus, Ganges-Brahmaputra, Mahanadi, Krishna, Cauvery, and other river basins in southern India; Irrawaddy, and Salween; Meklong, Chao Phraya, Mekong and virtually all coastal river basins of peninsular Thailand and Malaysia; Sumatra and Java. Has never been reported in Borneo and is not present in the Red River basin of Tonkin (North Viet Nam).
Lifezones: Brackish,freshwater
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=7990
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:27c140d6-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401