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    Species Accepted

    Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel, 1851

    Leopard Lungfish

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      RwandaNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      44 results
      Bahník africký Czech
      Bahník etiopský Czech
      Botonga keb
      Etiopiankeuhkokala Finnish
      Etiopisk lungefisk Danish
      Ilolondi keb
      Itotonga keb
      Kambale mamba Swahili
      Kamongo Swahili
      Leopard Lungfish English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      3 results
      Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l’expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand)., v. 2: i–xii + 1–112, Pls. 1–50. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120 10.5962/bhl.title.110120
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Heckel, J. J. (1851). Ueber eine neue Fisch-Species aus dem Weissen Nil, Propterus [sic] aethiopicus. Sitzungsberichte Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, v. 6 (pt 2): 685–689. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=432525

      Citation

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