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Polypterus weeksii Boulenger, 1898

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Boulenger, G. A. (1898). On the species of Polypterus. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 2 (no. 11) (art. 50): 416-420.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Polypterus schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1923
Homonyms
Polypterus weeksii Boulenger, 1898
Common names
Bichir Weeksův in language.
Finnegedde in language.
Raitaniilinhauki in language.
mottled bichir in English
mottled bichir in English
mottled bichir in English
Mottled Bichir in English
Bichir Weeksův in language.
Finnegedde in Danish
Raitaniilinhauki in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Boulenger, G. A. (1898). On the species of Polypterus. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 2 (no. 11) (art. 50): 416-420.
  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. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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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