Polypteridae

Polypterus bichir

Navigazione

Navigazione: Polypteriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Infraclassis: Cladistia Ordo: Polypteriformes

Familia: Polypteridae
Genera: †Bawitius – Erpetoichthys – Polypterus – †Serenoichthys

Nome

Polypteridae Bonaparte, 1835

• Type genus: Polypterus Lacepède, 1803

Nomi comuni

беларуская: Мнагапёравыя
čeština: Bichirovití
Deutsch: Flösselhechte
English: Bichirs
suomi: Niilinhauet
日本語: ポリプテルス科
ไทย: ปลาไบเคอร์, ปลาบิเชียร์

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Riferimenti

• Bonaparte, C. L.; 1835: Prodromus systematis ichthyologiae. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze naturali Bologna, (Ser. 1) (ann. 2) 4: 181–196, 272-277.

• Near, T.J., Dornburg, A., Tokita, M., Suzuki, D., Brandley, M.C. & Friedman, M. 2014. Boom and bust: ancient and recent diversification in bichirs (Polypteridae: Actinopterygii), a relictual lineage of ray-finned fishes. Evolution 68(4): 1014–1026. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12323 Reference page.