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Polypterus polli Gosse, 1988

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gosse, J.-P. 1988. Révision systématique de deux espèces du genre Polypterus (Pisces, Polypteridae). Cybium 12(3): 239-245.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Polypteriformes
family
Polypteridae
genus
Polypterus
species
Polypterus polli

Name

Synonyms
Polypterus palmas congicus Daget, 1962
Polypterus palmas congicus Poll, 1954
Polypterus palmas polli Gosse, 1988
Homonyms
Polypterus polli Gosse, 1988
Common names
Boonga in Somali
Boonga in language.
Elonga in language.
Foonga in language.
Igogo in Somali
Konga in Lingala
Nkonga in language.
Poll's bichir in English
Polli hulkuim in Estonian
Shongonga in language.
Songonga in language.
刚果绿多鳍鱼 in language.
剛果綠多鰭魚 in language.
波氏多鰭魚 in language.
波氏多鳍鱼 in language.

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. Gosse, J.-P. (1988). Révision systématique de deux espèces du genre Polypterus (Pisces, Polypteridae). <em>Cybium.</em> 12 (3): 239-245.
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