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Polypterus bichir Lacepède, 1803

Dataset
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Published in
Lacépède, Bernard G. É. de. 1803. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Plasson, Paris. Vol. 5: i-lxviii, 1-803, index, pls. 1-21.
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Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Polypterus bichir bichir
Polypterus bichir lapradei Steindachner, 1869
Polypterus bichir lapradii Steindachner, 1869
Polypterus lapradei Steindachner, 1869
Polypterus lapradii 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 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

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