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Polypteridae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Polypteridae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polypteridae
Family recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, wikipedia ID, wikipedia EU, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia LT, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia NN, NCBI, wikipedia EO, Biopix Nature Photos, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, wikipedia gl Galician, GBIF classification, NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage, GBIF national node type records Germany, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, GGBN data coverage, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polypteridae
Recognized by Angola Species List, Benin Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Chad Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Ghana Species List, Guinea Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Liberia Species List, Mali Species List, Mauritania Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Sudan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, Togo Species List, Uganda Species List, Zambia Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Gulf of Guinea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Furui 2020, OBIS environmental data records, and United States Species List

Alternative Names

? bartheli Schaal, 1984
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? nitida Cope, 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? porroi Bellotti, 1857
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polypteridae
Harvest ancestor according to FAO Fishery Statistics, Animal Diversity Web, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Sweden, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, Fishbase, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, World Register of Marine Species, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group

Common Names

English

bichirs preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
bichir
prefer
Recognized by Paleobiology Database

Finnish

Niilinhauet preferred
Recognized by admin

Japanese

ポリプテルス科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin

Curated hierarchies for Polypteridae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Cladistia
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae (this page)
Erpetoichthys
Polypterus

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae (this page)
Erpetoichthys
Polypterus

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Polypteridae (this page)
Erpetoichthys
Polypterus

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Cladistia
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae (this page)
Erpetoichthys
Polypterus

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Polypteridae (this page)
Erpetoichthys
Polypterus

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae (this page)
Bawitius Grandstaff, Smith, Lamanna, Lacovara & Abdel-Ghani 2012
Erpetoichthys Smith 1865
Polypterus Lacépède 1803
Prohalecites Deecke 1889
Protosphyraena Leidy 1857
Pteronisculus White 1933
Serenoichthys Dutheil 1999

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Cladistei
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae (this page)
Erpetoichthys Smith 1865
Polypterus Lacepède 1803

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae (this page)
Erpetoichthys calabaricus Smith 1865
Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger 1910
Polypterus bichir Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1802
Polypterus congicus Boulenger 1898
Polypterus delhezi Boulenger 1899
Polypterus endlicherii Hekel 1847
Polypterus mokelembembe Schliewen & Schäfer 2006
Polypterus ornatipinnis Boulenger 1902
Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850
Polypterus polli Gosse 1988
Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant 1899
Polypterus senegalus Cuvier 1829
Polypterus teugelsi Britz 2004
Polypterus weeksii Boulenger 1898

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Cladistia
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae (this page)
Erpetoichthys
Polypterus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Cladistei
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae (this page)
Calamoichthys
Erpetoichthys
Polypterus

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Cladistii
Polypteriformes
Polypteridae (this page)
Erpetoichthys
Erpetoichthys Smith 1865
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