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Protopterus annectens (Owen, 1839)

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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.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Sarcopterygii
order
Lepidosireniformes
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
Abiyeseni in language.
Abölzé in language.
Adjulom in language.
Afak in language.
Afak in language.
African lungfish in English
Afrikanischer Lungenfisch in German
Afrikankeuhkokala in Finnish
Age in Ewe
Ahe in Ewe
Aléwa in language.
Badami in Hausa
Bahník africký in Czech
Bahník západoafrický in Czech
Barko in Hausa
Bilieï in language.
Bilzé in language.
Bodami in Hausa
Bonao in language.
Bopr in language.
Bopr in language.
Boïnao in language.
Buningel in language.
Bunyi n'gel in Kanuri
Buryi protopter in Russian
Bénin'gal in Kanuri
Bôda in Hausa
Cambona in language.
Djid in language.
Dowe in Nyanja
Déolgho in language.
Dóe in language.
Ebeshene in language.
Ebiesieni in language.
Ebii in Igbo
Edan in language.
Fuhon' in language.
Furman'gô in language.
Gaiwa in Hausa
Gaiwa in Hausa
Gaiwa chi jikinki in Hausa
Galam in language.
Gbokoso in language.
Geji in language.
Grumagüi in language.
Grumangwa in language.
Gurman'güi in language.
Gélam in language.
Gôda in Hausa
Hemei in Manx

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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