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Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger, 1910
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Boulenger, G. A. (1910). Descriptions of three new freshwater fishes from West Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8).</em> v. 6 (no. 34): 424-426.
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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order
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Polypteriformes
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family
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Polypteridae
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genus
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Polypterus
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species
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Polypterus ansorgii
Name
- Synonyms
- Polypterus ansorgei ansorgei
- Homonyms
- Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger, 1910
- Common names
- Adagba in Yoruba
- Akata in language.
- Bichir in English
- Bichir in English
- Bichir guinejský in Czech
- Gondo in language.
- Guinea hulkuim in Estonian
- Guinea-bikir in Danish
- Guinean bichir in language.
- Guinean bichir in English
- Gwando in Hausa
- Kouagna in language.
- Kusakpa in language.
- Pikkuniilihauki in Finnish
- Pikkuniilinhauki in Finnish
- Sadjegé in Bambara
- Snake fish in language.
- Thorny-eel in English
- 安氏多鰭魚 in language.
- 安氏多鳍鱼 in language.
- Guinean Bichir in English
Bibliographic References
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Boulenger, G. A. (1910). Descriptions of three new freshwater fishes from West Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8).</em> v. 6 (no. 34): 424-426.
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Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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Gosse, J.-P. / Lévêque, C., D. Paugy, and G. G. Teugels, eds., 1990: Chapter 5: Polypteridae. The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of West Africa, vol. 1. 79-87.
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Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. <em>(In preparation).</em>
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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.