Polypterus bichir bichir

Polypterus bichir bichir

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypteriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Infraclassis: Cladistia Ordo: Polypteriformes

Familia: Polypteridae
Genus: Polypterus
Species: Polypterus bichir
Subspecies: Polypterus bichir bichir

Name

Polypterus bichir bichir Lacepède, 1803

Type locality: Nile River, Egypt

Lectotype: MNHN 0000-5761

Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-5806 (1)

References

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

Links

• 5020 in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Polypterus bichir bichir in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

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