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†Polypterus faraou Otero et al., 2006 — late Miocene [15] †Polypterus sudanensis Werner & Gayet 1997; Retropinnis group. Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant, 1899 (West African bichir) Bichir group. Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 (Guinean bichir) Polypterus bichir Lacépède, 1803 (Nile bichir) P. b. bichir Lacepède, 1803; P. b ...
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 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 .
Polypterus endlicherii - MHNT. Polypterus endlicherii, the saddled bichir, is one of the largest species of the Polypterus genus of freshwater fish.. Named in honor of botanist Stephan Endlicher (1804–1849), who apparently discovered the species in the fish collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum (Vienna).
Polypterus bichir, the Nile bichir, is a fish which lives in the Nile and some of its tributaries in Africa. It is a dark grayish color on the top, with a dark vertical marking and bands on the flank. This marking is more prominent on juveniles, and fades as the fish grows.
Polypterus bichir lapradei is visually similar to its close relative, Polypterus bichir. Its body is elongated and subcylindrical, and covered in ganoid scales. As its name suggests (Poly = "many" and -terus = "finned"), P. bichir lapradei's most striking asset is the row of dorsal finlets along its back. These finlets, which can number up to ...
Polypterus ornatipinnis, the ornate bichir, is a bony fish of the family Polypteridae found in Lake Tanganyika and the Congo River basin in Central and East Africa. It is known from the Central African Republic , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , and Tanzania .
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.