Polypterus bichir

Polypterus bichir bichir

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

Familia: Polypteridae
Genus: Polypterus
Species: Polypterus bichir
Subspecies (3): P. b. bichir – P. b. katangei – P. b. lapradei

Name

Polypterus bichir Lacepède, 1803

Type locality: Nile River, Egypt

Lectotype: MNHN 0000-5761

Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-5806 (1)

Synonyms

• Polypterus niloticus Shaw, 1804

References

• Lacépède, B.G.E. 1803: Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 5: i-lxviii + 1-803 + index, Pls. 1-21. BHL

Links

• Polypterus bichir – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Polypterus bichir in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Nil çoxüzgəclisi
Deutsch: Nil-Flösselhecht
English: Nile bichir
suomi: Niilinhauki
русский: Нильский многопёр