Nile bichir
Polypterus bichir bichir
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Polypteriformes
Family: Polypteridae
Genus: Polypterus
Species:
P. bichir
Binomial name
Polypterus bichir
Subspecies
  • P. b. ornatus Arambourg 1948
  • P. b. bichir Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
  • P. b. lapradei (Steindachner 1869)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Polypterus niloticus Shaw 1804
  • Polypterus lapradei Steindachner 1869

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.

References

  1. ↑ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Polypteridae". FishBase. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.


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