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Bichir

Polypterus

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Polypterus
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polypterus
Genus recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Angola Species List, Benin Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Chad Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Ghana Species List, Guinea Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Liberia Species List, Mali Species List, Mauritania Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Sudan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Togo Species List, Uganda Species List, Zambia Species List, wikipedia ID, wikipedia EU, Gulf of Guinea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, South Atlantic Species List, wikipedia AZ, NCBI, wikipedia emerging_languages, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, and Wikipedia (inferred records)
Polypterus
Recognized by Furui 2020, Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington, and OBIS environmental data records
Polypterus Lacepède 1803
Genus recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy and GBIF data coverage
Polypterus Lacépède 1803
Genus recognized by GBIF classification

Alternative Names

Polypterus palmas congicus Daget 1962
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Polypterus
Harvest ancestor according to GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Sweden, NMNH type specimens, Flickr Group, iNaturalist, Fishbase, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

bichir preferred
Recognized by Paleobiology Database

Arabic

بشير متعدد الزعانف preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Çoxüzgəcli preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bambara

Karakasa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

многоперки preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

多鳍鱼属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

bichir preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

მრავალფარფლიანები preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Eigentliche Flösselhechte preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ポリプテルス属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020
ポリプテルス preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

폴립테루스속 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lingala

Mokóngá preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Skuldergjedder preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

پرباله‌ماهی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

многопёры preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

ปลาบิเชียร์ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ปลาไบเคอร์
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Bişir preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Багатопер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Chi Cá khủng long vàng preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

بشير متعدد الزعانف preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

多鳍鱼属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

多鰭魚屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Polypterus

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Cladistia
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae
Polypterus (this page)
Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger 1910
Polypterus bichir Lacepède 1803
Polypterus congicus Boulenger 1898
Polypterus delhezi Boulenger 1899
Polypterus endlicherii Heckel 1847
Polypterus mokelembembe Schliewen & Schäfer 2006
Polypterus ornatipinnis Boulenger 1902
Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850
Polypterus polli Gosse 1988
Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant 1899
Polypterus senegalus Cuvier 1829
Polypterus teugelsi Britz 2004
Polypterus weeksii Boulenger 1898
Erpetoichthys

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae
Polypterus (this page)
Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger 1910
Polypterus bichir Lacepède 1803
Polypterus congicus Boulenger 1898
Polypterus delhezi Boulenger 1899
Polypterus endlicherii Heckel 1847
Polypterus mokelembembe Schliewen & Schäfer 2006
Polypterus ornatipinnis Boulenger 1902
Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850
Polypterus polli Gosse 1988
Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant 1899
Polypterus senegalus Cuvier 1829
Polypterus teugelsi Britz 2004
Polypterus weeksii Boulenger 1898
Erpetoichthys

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Cladistia
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae
Polypterus (this page)
Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger 1910
Polypterus bichir Lacepède 1803
Polypterus congicus Boulenger 1898
Polypterus delhezi Boulenger 1899
Polypterus endlicherii Heckel 1847
Polypterus mokelembembe Schliewen & Schäfer 2006
Polypterus ornatipinnis Boulenger 1902
Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850
Polypterus polli Gosse 1988
Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant 1899
Polypterus senegalus Cuvier 1829
Polypterus teugelsi Britz 2004
Polypterus weeksii Boulenger 1898
Erpetoichthys

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae
Polypterus Lacépède 1803 (this page)
Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger 1910
Polypterus bichir Lacépède 1803
Polypterus congicus Boulenger 1898
Polypterus delhezi Boulenger 1899
Polypterus endlicherii Heckel 1847
Polypterus mokelembembe Schliewen & Schäfer 2006
Polypterus ornatipinnis Boulenger 1902
Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850
Polypterus polli Gosse 1988
Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant 1899
Polypterus senegalus Cuvier 1829
Polypterus teugelsi Britz 2004
Polypterus weeksii Boulenger 1898
Bawitius Grandstaff, Smith, Lamanna, Lacovara & Abdel-Ghani 2012
Erpetoichthys Smith 1865
Prohalecites Deecke 1889
Protosphyraena Leidy 1857
Pteronisculus White 1933
Serenoichthys Dutheil 1999

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Cladistei
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae
Polypterus Lacepède 1803 (this page)
Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger 1910
Polypterus bichir Lacepède 1803
Polypterus delhezi Boulenger 1899
Polypterus endlicherii Heckel 1847
Polypterus ornatipinnis Boulenger 1902
Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850
Polypterus polli Gosse 1988
Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant 1899
Polypterus senegalus Cuvier 1829
Polypterus weeksii Boulenger 1898
Erpetoichthys Smith 1865

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Cladistia
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae
Polypterus (this page)
Polypterus ansorgii
Polypterus bichir
Polypterus delhezi
Polypterus endlicherii
Polypterus mokelembembe
Polypterus ornatipinnis
Polypterus palmas
Polypterus retropinnis
Polypterus senegalus
Polypterus teugelsi
Polypterus weeksii
unclassified Polypterus
Erpetoichthys

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Cladistei
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae
Polypterus (this page)
Polypterus ansorgii
Polypterus arnaudii
Polypterus bichir
Polypterus congicus
Polypterus delhezi
Polypterus endlicherii
Polypterus erpetoideus
Polypterus faraou
Polypterus katangae
Polypterus mokelembembe
Polypterus ornatipinnis
Polypterus palmas
Polypterus polli
Polypterus retropinnis
Polypterus senegalus
Polypterus teugelsi
Polypterus weeksii
Calamoichthys
Erpetoichthys
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