Biology:Polypterus weeksii
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Polypteriformes |
| Family: | Polypteridae |
| Genus: | Polypterus |
| Species: | P. weeksii
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| Polypterus weeksii Boulenger, 1898
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Polypterus weeksii, the mottled bichir, is a fish in the family Polypteridae found in the central basin of the Congo River.[2] It grows to about 54 cm in head-to-tail length.[2]
Named in honor of John Henry Weeks (1861-1924), Baptist missionary, ethnographer, explorer and diarist, who collected type at his mission station in Monsembe, upper Congo River, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo).[4]
References
- ↑ Moelants, T. (2010). "Polypterus weeksii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182448A7886605.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/182448/7886605. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Polypterus weeksi" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Order POLYPTERIFORMES (Bichirs)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/polypteriformes/.
Wikidata ☰ Q150523 entry
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