Erpetoichthys

Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Polypteriformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Polypteridae
Genus:
Species (1):
E. calabaricus
Name
Erpetoichthys Smith, 1865: 273
Synonymy
- Calamoichthys Smith, 1866 [unneeded replacement name]
- Herpetoichthys [unjustified emendation or misspelling]
References
Primary references
- Smith, J.A. 1865: Notice of a new genus of ganoid fish allied to the genus Polypterus (Geoff.-St-Hillaire), recently received from Old Calabar. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, 3: 273–278.
Links
- Nomenclator Zoologicus
- Erpetoichthys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024. - Erpetoichthys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
- ITIS
Vernacular names
- čeština: Bichirek
- English: Reedfish, Ropefish, Snakefish
- ไทย: ปลารีดฟิช