Polypterus Lacepède, 1803

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Polypteriformes

family

Polypteridae

genus

Polypterus

Name

Homonyms

Polypterus Lacepède, 1803

Polypterus ST Hilaire, 1802

Polypterus Faraou, 2006

Common names

bichir in English

Bibliographic References

1. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
3. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
4. FishBase
5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024.
6. 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.
7. Hist. Nat. Poiss., 5
8. Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index.
9. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
10. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
11. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
12. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
13. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
14. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)