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Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel, 1851
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Heckel, J. J. (1851). Ueber eine neue Fisch-Species aus dem Weissen Nil, Propterus [sic] aethiopicus. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 685-689.
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Dipneusti
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order
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Ceratodontiformes
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family
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Protopteridae
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genus
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Protopterus
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species
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Protopterus aethiopicus
Name
- Synonyms
- Lepidosiren annectens Gray, 1860
- Lepidosiren arnaudii Castelnau, 1855
- Protopterus aethiopicus aethiopicus
- Protopterus aethiopicus congicus Poll, 1961
- Protopterus aethiopicus mesmaekeri Poll, 1961
- Protopterus aethiopicus mesmaekersi Poll, 1961
- Homonyms
- Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel, 1851
- Common names
- African lungfish in language.
- Bahník africký in Czech
- Bahník etiopský in Czech
- Bahník východoafrický in Czech
- Botonga in language.
- Botonga in language.
- Botonga in language.
- Botonga in Somali
- Botonga wa liande in language.
- Ehondwe in language.
- Emamba in language.
- Etiopiankeuhkokala in Finnish
- Etiopisk lungefisk in Danish
- Igolugolu in Somali
- Ilolondi in language.
- Ilolondi in language.
- Itotonga in language.
- Itotonga in language.
- Itotonga in language.
- Kambale mamba in Swahili
- Kambale mamba in Swahili
- Kamongo in Swahili
- Kamongo in language.
- Kamongo in Swahili
- Lot in language.
- Lung-fish in English
- Lungfish in English
- Lut in language.
- Lut in language.
- Luth in language.
- Luth in language.
- Lût in language.
- Mamba in language.
- Mamba in Swahili
- Mamba in Swahili
- Mamba in language.
- Marbled lungfish in English
- Marbled lungfish in English
- Marbled lungfish in English
- Marbled lungfish in English
- Mbamba in language.
- Monye in language.
- Namomu in language.
- Prapletwiec wielki in Polish
- Samak el teen in Arabic
- Samak el tin in Arabic
- Sombe in language.
- Sombo in language.
- Sompa in language.
- Suur ürguim in Estonian
Bibliographic References
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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Heckel, J. J. (1851). Ueber eine neue Fisch-Species aus dem Weissen Nil, Propterus [sic] aethiopicus. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 685-689.
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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>