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Bichirs  (Polypterus)
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General data

  • Main name: Bichirs

Classification

  • Family: Polypteridae - Bichirs
  • Order: Polypteriformes - Bichirs
  • Class: Cladistii - Bichirs
  • Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Species

Barred bichir (Polypterus delhezi)

Ornate bichir (Polypterus ornatipinnis)

Shortfin bichir (Polypterus palmas)

Senegal bichir (Polypterus senegalus)

Mottled bichir (Polypterus weeksii)

Guinean bichir (Polypterus ansorgii)

Nile bichir (Polypterus bichir)

Saddled bichir (Polypterus endlicheri)

Mokele-mbembe bichir (Polypterus mokelembembe)

Polypterus congicus

Saddled bichir (Polypterus endlicherii)

Poll’s bichir (Polypterus polli)

West African bichir (Polypterus retropinnis)

Polypterus teugelsi

Taxonomy of Fishes

  • Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
    • Coelacanthi - Lobe-finned fishes->
    • Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes->
    • Cladistii - Bichirs->
      • Polypteriformes - Bichirs->
        • Polypteridae - Bichirs->
          • Polypterus - Bichirs->
          • Erpetoichthys - Erpetoichthys->
    • Dipneusti - Lungfishes->
    • Chondrostei - Sturgeons->
    • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
  • Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
  • Agnatha - Jawless fishes->
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