Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel, 1851
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Heckel, J. J. (1851). Ueber eine neue Fisch-Species aus dem Weissen Nil, Propterus [sic] aethiopicus. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 685-689.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Dipneusti
- order
- Ceratodontiformes
- family
- Protopteridae
- genus
- Protopterus
- species
- Protopterus aethiopicus
Name
- Synonyms
- Lepidosiren annectens Gray, 1860
- Lepidosiren arnaudii Castelnau, 1855
- Protopterus aethiopicus aethiopicus
- Protopterus aethiopicus congicus Poll, 1961
- Protopterus aethiopicus mesmaekeri Poll, 1961
- Protopterus aethiopicus mesmaekersi Poll, 1961
- Homonyms
- Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel, 1851
- Common names
- Bahník africký in Czech
- Bahník etiopský in Czech
- Botonga in language.
- Etiopiankeuhkokala in Finnish
- Etiopisk lungefisk in Danish
- Ilolondi in language.
- Itotonga in language.
- Kambale mamba in Swahili
- Kamongo in Swahili
- Leopard Lungfish in English
- Lot in language.
- Lut in language.
- Luth in language.
- Lût in language.
- Mamba in language.
- Mbamba in language.
- Monye in language.
- Namomu in language.
- Njombo in Swahili
- Peixe-pulmonado-marmorado in Portuguese
- Pez pulmonado leopardo in Spanish
- Prapletwiec wielki in Polish
- Protoptère éthiopien in French
- Samak el teen in Arabic
- Samak el tin in Arabic
- Sembe in language.
- Sombe in language.
- Sombo in language.
- Sompa in language.
- Suur ürguim in Estonian
- Umkoru in Arabic
- Umm quru in Arabic
- bahník východoafrický in Czech
- marbled lungfish in English
- marbled lungfish in English
- marbled lungfish in English
- prapłetwiec abisyński in Polish
- Äthiopischer Lungenfisch in German
- Östlicher Afrikanischer Lungenfisch in German
- Большой протоптер in Russian
- سمكة رئوية رخامية in Arabic
- سمكة رئوية نمرية in Arabic
- ปลาปอดลายหินอ่อน in Thai
- 埃塞俄比非洲肺魚 in language.
- 埃塞俄比非洲肺鱼 in language.
- 石花肺魚 in Chinese
Bibliographic References
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
- Heckel, J. J. (1851). Ueber eine neue Fisch-Species aus dem Weissen Nil, Propterus [sic] aethiopicus. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 685-689.
- 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