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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 ...
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. Gosse, 1988; Polypterus palmas Ayres, 1850 (shortfin bichir)
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]
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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.
Polypterus is a genus of freshwater fish in the bichir family (Polypteridae) of order Polypteriformes. The type species is the Nile bichir ( P. bichir ). Fish in this genus live in various areas in Africa .
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
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