Erpetoichthys

Erpetoichthys calabaricus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypteriformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Infraclassis: Cladistia
Ordo: Polypteriformes

Familia: Polypteridae
Genus:
Species (1): E. calabaricus

Name

Erpetoichthys Smith, 1865: 273

Synonymy

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.

Vernacular names

  • čeština: Bichirek
  • English: Reedfish, Ropefish, Snakefish
  • ไทย: ปลารีดฟิช
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