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Polypterus
Lacepède, 1803
- bichir
(fish)
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Polypteridae (Family) - bichirs
..†Dagetella (Genus)
..Erpetoichthys (Genus)
..†Latinopollia (Genus)
..†Sainthilairia (Genus)
..†Serenoichthys (Genus)
..Polypterus (Genus) - bichir
....Polypterus ansorgii (Species) - Guinean bichir
....Polypterus bichir (Species) - bichir
....Polypterus delhezi (Species) - barred bichir
....Polypterus endlicheri (Species)
....†Polypterus faraou (Species)
....Polypterus mokelembembe (Species)
....Polypterus ornatipinnis (Species) - ornate bichir
....Polypterus palmas (Species)
....Polypterus retropinnis (Species) - West African bichir
....Polypterus senegalus (Species)
....Polypterus teugelsi (Species)
....Polypterus weeksii (Species) - mottled bichir
Authorship
Original name
:
Lacepède, 1803. Hist. Nat. Poiss., 5, 340.
Types
Type of
:
Polypteridae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1835
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 9 Apr 2025; [<12 May 2025].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Polypterini
(Order)
Bonaparte, 1837
Ref:
E.R. Lankester, 1877
: 451.
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
kwastsnoeken
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
bichir
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 681.
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21 Sep 2025