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Polypterus senegalus, commonly known as the Senegal bichir, gray bichir or Cuvier's bichir, is an African species of ray-finned fish in the bichir family, Polypteridae.It is a typical example of polypterid fishes, as most of its defining physical features are common across the genus, such as its ancient, lungfish- or arowana-like appearance, the ability to breathe atmospheric oxygen, and its ...
As part of their Dinosaur Valley attraction, Nong Nooch Tropical Garden installed statues of the illustrations inside the book, each exceeding 1.5 metres in length. They include the extant Polypterus senegalus, P. palmas and P. bichir, with the project aiming to complete statues of each species of polypterid. [8]
Polypterus endlicherii Heckel, 1847 (saddled bichir) Weeksii group. Polypterus mokelembembe Schliewen & Schäfer, 2006 (Mokèlé-mbèmbé bichir) Polypterus ornatipinnis Boulenger, 1902 (ornate bichir) Polypterus weeksii Boulenger, 1898 (mottled bichir) Senegalus group. Polypterus delhezi Boulenger, 1899 (barred bichir) Polypterus polli J. P ...
P. senegalus may refer to: Polypterus senegalus , the gray bichir, Senegal bichir, Cuvier's bichir or dinosaur eel, a freshwater ray-finned fish species Poicephalus senegalus , the Senegal parrot, a bird species found in western Africa
The latest dinosaur being mounted at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles is not only a member of a new species — it's also the only one found on the planet whose bones are green, according ...
Beginning around the 1870s, the first complete large dinosaur skeletons - first in the American West, then in Belgium and elsewhere - demonstrated the distinctive anatomy and diversity of dinosaurs.
The family of Conrad Dobler, once regarded as the dirtiest player in the NFL, said he had CTE based on a study of his brain after his death in 2023.
Cladistia is a subclass of bony fishes whose only living members are the bichirs of tropical Africa. [1] Their major synapomorphies are a heterocercal tail in which the dorsal fin has independent rays, and a posteriorly elongated parasphenoid.