Polypterus bichir Lacepède, 1803
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- 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
- species
- Polypterus bichir
Name
- Synonyms
- Polypterus bichir bichir
- Polypterus bichir lapradei Steindachner, 1869
- Polypterus lapradei Steindachner, 1869
- Polypterus niloticus Shaw, 1804
- Homonyms
- Polypterus bichir Lacepède, 1803
- Polypterus bichir Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1802
- Common names
- Abshire in Arabic
- Adagba in Yoruba
- Agwer in language.
- Akata in language.
- Almindelig bikir in Danish
- Am korkor in Arabic
- Am'korkor in Arabic
- Bichir in Arabic
- Bichir in English
- Bichir in Swedish
- Bichir africký in Czech
- Bichir nilský in Czech
- Bichir ploutvičkový in Czech
- Bichyr ploutvičkový in Czech
- Bikir in Danish
- Dabib el hut in Arabic
- Ding in language.
- Emsir in Arabic
- Flösselhecht in German
- Gbaranga in language.
- Gong dongââl in language.
- Gong gââl in language.
- Gong koïn in language.
- Gwando in Hausa
- Juath in language.
- Khâb in Wolof
- Khâb in Wolof
- Kuilwaafo in language.
- Kuku in language.
- Kusakpa in language.
- Nagir in language.
- Niilinhauki in Finnish
- Niiluse hulkuim in Estonian
- Nil-Flösselhecht in German
- Nile bichir in language.
- Nile bichir in English
- Nile bichir in English
- Nile bichir in English
- Nilfengädda in Swedish
- Otwel in language.
- Peixe-manel in Portuguese
- Rhap in Wolof
- Sajigɛ in language.
- Sannka in Wolof
- Sayo in language.
- Wielopletwiec a. miastuga in Polish
- 多鰭魚 in language.
- 多鳍鱼 in language.
- 拉氏多鰭魚 in language.
- 拉氏多鳍鱼 in language.
Bibliographic References
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
- 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.
- Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index.
- 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>
- 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.