beblondie said:
Also known by the common name lobed fin pike,dinosaur eel.
And...
Polypterus senegalus senegalus (Cuvier 1829)
riginal combination
Common Name:
Khabé (Wolof)
Jeyei (Krio)
Keskla (Krio)
Kutenkellie (Krio)
Wielopletwiec senegalski (Polish)
Gray bichir (AFS/English)
Viherniilinhauki (Finnish)
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Erpetoichthys calabaricus (Smith 1866)
riginal combination
Herpetoichthys calabaricus ((Smith 1866)):new combination
Common Name:
Flösselaal (German)
Reedfish (AFS/English)
Snakefish (English)
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Polypterus weeksii (Boulenger 1898)
riginal combination
Common Name:
Mottled bichir (English)
Raitaniilinhauki (Finnish)
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Polypterus ansorgii (Boulenger 1910)
riginal combination
Common Name:
Guinean bichir (AFS/English)
Pikkuniilihauki (Finnish)
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Polypterus bichir bichir (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1802)
riginal combination
Common Name:
Wielopletwiec a. miastuga (Polish)
Nile bichir (AFS/English)
Niilinhauki (Finnish)
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Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri (Heckel 1849):new combination
Common Name:
Saddled bichir (AFS/English)
Tummaniilinhauki (Finnish)
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Polypterus palmas palmas ((Ayres 1850)):new combination
Common Name:
Shortfin bichir (AFS/English)
Marbled bichir (English)
Harmaaniilinhauki (Finnish)
As you can imagine, as a Polypterid keeper-reseacher and writer, this subject is near and dear to my heart....and I will continue to pursue it until I have a decent answer.
But wait...you can help! Someone please find me a copy of the following:
"Description d'un nouveau genre de poisson, de l'ordre des abdominaux", Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Paris: E. Bull. Soc. Philomath (1802)
"Histoire naturelle des poissons", (1803) B. G. E. Lacepède. Hureau & Monod (1973)