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Polypterus delhezi Boulenger, 1899

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Boulenger, G. A. (1899). Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Zoologie.--Série I. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Quatrième Partie. Polyptères, Clupes, Mormyres, Characins. <em>Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology).</em> v. 1 (fasc. 4): 59-96, Pls. 30-39.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Polypteriformes
family
Polypteridae
genus
Polypterus
species
Polypterus delhezi

Name

Synonyms
Polypterus ansorgei delhezi Boulenger, 1899
Homonyms
Polypterus delhezi Boulenger, 1899
Common names
Bichir Delhezův in language.
Stribet Bikir in language.
Täpläniilinhauki in language.
Zaire-Flösselhecht in German
barred bichir in English
barred bichir in English
Многопёр Дельхеза in Russian
ポリプテルス・デルヘッジ in Japanese
斑節恐龍,戴氏多鰭魚 in Chinese
Barred Bichir in English
Bichir Delhezův in language.
Stribet Bikir in Danish
Täpläniilinhauki in language.
Zaire-Flösselhecht in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Boulenger, G. A. (1899). Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Zoologie.--Série I. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Quatrième Partie. Polyptères, Clupes, Mormyres, Characins. <em>Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology).</em> v. 1 (fasc. 4): 59-96, Pls. 30-39.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
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