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Polypterus senegalus Cuvier, 1829
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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order
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Polypteriformes
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family
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Polypteridae
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genus
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Polypterus
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species
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Polypterus senegalus
Name
- Synonyms
- Polypterus arnaudii Duméril, 1870
- Polypterus senagalus Cuvier, 1829
- Polypterus senegalensis Steindachner, 1870
- Polypterus senegalus meridionalis Poll, 1941
- Polypterus senegalus senegalus
- Homonyms
- Polypterus senegalus Cuvier, 1829
- Common names
- Abshir in Arabic
- Abshire in Arabic
- Adagba in Yoruba
- Adeke in Ewe
- Agada in language.
- Agwer in language.
- Akata in language.
- Alideka in Ewe
- Bichir in English
- Bichir in Arabic
- Bichir in English
- Bichir in English
- Bichir senegalský in Czech
- Dabib el hut in Arabic
- Deka in Ewe
- Ding in language.
- Dégé in Ewe
- Emsir in Arabic
- Gbaranga in language.
- Gong kakarte in language.
- Gong kekerte in language.
- Gray bichir in English
- Gray bichir in English
- Gwando in Hausa
- Jeyei in Manx
- Jeyei in language.
- Juath in language.
- Kambanioka in language.
- Keskia in language.
- Keskla in language.
- Khabé in Wolof
- Khâb in Wolof
- Kuilwaafo in language.
- Kuku in language.
- Kusakpa in language.
- Kutenkellie in language.
- Kutenkellie in language.
- Mtonta in language.
- Nagir in language.
- Nagiri in language.
- Otel in language.
- Otell in language.
- Otwel in language.
- Sail-fin in English
- Sajigɛ in language.
- Sanmeki in Irish
- Sannka in Wolof
- Sayo in language.
- Senegal-Flösselhecht in German
- Senegal-bikir in Danish
Bibliographic References
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Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
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Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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Gosse, J.-P. / Lévêque, C., D. Paugy, and G. G. Teugels, eds., 1990: Chapter 5: Polypteridae. The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of West Africa, vol. 1. 79-87.
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Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. <em>(In preparation).</em>
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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.