Polypterus mokelembembe
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Taxonavigation: Polypteriformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Polypteridae
Genus: Polypterus
Species: Polypterus mokelembembe
Name[edit]
Etymology: mokelembembe: Named after Mokele-mbembe, a mythological creature believed by some to be a sauropod dinosaur that has survived the extinction of dinosaurs at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in the central Congo basin; the name is chosen as an allusion to the archaic na.
Synonyms[edit]
- Polypterus retropinnis (non Vaillant, 1899) [misapplied]
References[edit]
- Schliewen, U.K. and F. Schäfer, 2006. Polypterus mokelembembe, a new species of bichir from the central Congo River basin (Actinopterygii: Cladistia: Polypteridae). Zootaxa 1129:23-36.