Erpetoichthys

Erpetoichthys calabaricus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: 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

Family: Polypteridae
Genus: Erpetoichthys
Species (1): E. calabaricus

Name

Erpetoichthys Smith, 1865: 273

Synonymy

• Calamoichthys Smith, 1866 [unneeded replacement name]
• Herpetoichthys [unjustified emendation or misspelling]

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.A. 1865: Notice of a new genus of ganoid fish allied to the genus Polypterus (Geoff.-St-Hillaire), recently received from Old Calabar. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, 3: 273–278.

Links

• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Erpetoichthys species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2023.
• Erpetoichthys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2023. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• ITIS

Vernacular names

čeština: Bichirek
English: Reedfish, Ropefish, Snakefish
ไทย: ปลารีดฟิช

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