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Protopterus annectens (Owen, 1839)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Owen, R. 1839. On a new species of the genus Lepidosiren of Fitzinger and Natterer. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1: 27-32.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Dipneusti
order
Ceratodontiformes
family
Protopteridae
genus
Protopterus
species
Protopterus annectens

Name

Synonyms
Lepidosiren annectens Owen, 1839
Lepidosiren tobal Castelnau, 1855
Protopterus anguilliformis Owen, 1841
Protopterus annectans (Owen, 1839)
Protopterus annectens annectens
Protopterus annectens brieni Poll, 1961
Protopterus rhinocryptis Gray, 1850
Rhinocryptis annectens (Owen, 1839)
Homonyms
Protopterus annectens (Owen, 1839)
Common names
West African lungfish in English
African Lungfish in English
Abiyeseni in language.
Afrikanischer Lungenfisch in German
Age in Ewe
Ahe in Ewe
Badami in Hausa
Barko in Hausa
Bodami in Hausa
Bunyi N'gel in Kanuri
Buryi Protopter in Russian
Bénin'gal in Kanuri
Bôda in Hausa
Ebeshene in language.
Ebii in Igbo
Gaiwa in Hausa
Gaiwa Chi Jikinki in Hausa
Gôda in Hausa
Juala in Hausa
Kifi Ntabo in Hausa
Kuta in Yoruba
Longvis in Afrikaans
Lungfish in English
Mai Mama in Hausa
Mamba in Swahili
Maoundé in Bambara
Mudfish in English
Nsompo in language.
Prapletwiec Brunatny a. Skrzelec in Polish
Slamfisk in Swedish
Tana Lungfish in English
Touba in Wolof
Vestafrikansk Lungefisk in Danish
West African Lungfish in English
Westafrikanischer Lungenfisch in German
Wõndo in Bambara

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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