Polypterus bichir

Nile bichir
	Polypterus bichir bichir
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Polypteriformes
Family:	Polypteridae
Genus:	Polypterus
Species:	P. bichir
Binomial name
	Polypterus bichir; Lacépède, 1803
Subspecies
	P. b. ornatus Arambourg 1948; P. b. bichir Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809; P. b. lapradei (Steindachner 1869);
Synonyms[1][2]
	Polypterus niloticus Shaw 1804; Polypterus lapradei Steindachner 1869;

Polypterus bichir, the Nile bichir, is a fish which lives in the Nile and some of its tributaries in Africa. It is a dark grayish color on the top, with a dark vertical marking and bands on the flank. This marking is more prominent on juveniles, and fades as the fish grows.

References

Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Polypteridae". FishBase. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Polypterus bichir" in FishBase. June 2011 version.

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[1] Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Polypteridae". FishBase. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

[2] Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.