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Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant, 1899

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Rivière, É. (1886). Exposition de la mission Brazza au Muséum. <em>La Revue scientifique: revue hebdomadaire illustrée (Revue rose), éd. par Jean Duhem.</em> v. 38 [series 3: v. 23 (no. 1)]: 13-23. [Poissons by L. L. Vaillant on pp. 17-18.].
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Polypteriformes
family
Polypteridae
genus
Polypterus
species
Polypterus retropinnis

Name

Synonyms
Polypterus retropinnis retropinnis
Polypterus retropinus Vaillant, 1899
Homonyms
Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant, 1899
Common names
Bichir alimský in Czech
Lääneaafrika hulkuim in Estonian
Mokuta in language.
Monga in language.
Moonga in language.
Mopolu in language.
Moposse in language.
Vestafrikansk bikir in Danish
West African bichir in English
West African bichir in English
West African bichir in language.
后翼多鳍鱼 in language.
後翼多鰭魚 in language.
Bichir alimský in language.
Vestafrikansk bikir in Danish
West African bichir in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  3. Rivière, É. (1886). Exposition de la mission Brazza au Muséum. <em>La Revue scientifique: revue hebdomadaire illustrée (Revue rose), éd. par Jean Duhem.</em> v. 38 [series 3: v. 23 (no. 1)]: 13-23. [Poissons by L. L. Vaillant on pp. 17-18.].
  4. 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.
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