Bichir Species

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Bichir Species

There are two genuses of this type of fish: erpetoichthys, and polypterus. The former one has only single species which is Erpetocihthys calabaricus. The later one has more than 14 to 17 species (few species are under debate) which are:

Genus Erpetoichthys
Erpetoichthys calabaricus
---Erpetoichthys calabaricus (草繩恐龍)

Genus Polypterus
Polypterus bichir
---Polypterus bichir bichir (尼羅河恐龍王)
---Polypterus bichir lapradei (鱷魚恐龍王)
Polypterus endlicheri
---Polypterus endlicheri congicus (黃金恐龍王)
---Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri (虎斑恐龍王)
Polypterus ansorgii
---Polypterus ansorgii（安氏恐龍王）
Polypterus delhezi
---Polypterus delhezi (斑節恐龍)
Polypterus ornatipinnis
---Polypterus ornatipinnis (大花恐龍)
Polypterus palmas
---Polypterus palmas buettikoferi (黃花恐龍)
---Polypterus palmas palmas (小花恐龍、帕瑪斯恐龍)
---Polypterus palmas polli (青恐龍、波利霜斑恐龍)
Polypterus retropinnis (薩伊綠恐龍，剛果恐龍)
Polypterus mokelembembe (麻花恐龍, 斑背恐龍)
Polypterus senegalus（金恐龍）
Polypterus teugelsi (喀麥隆恐龍)
Polypterus weeksii
---Polypterus weeksii (薩伊恐龍)

Date(s): December 16, 2003. Album by Yu-Chia Chang. Photos by Yu-Chia Chang. 1 - 22 of 22 Total. 41150 Visits.

enlarge 64KB, 640x426 1 Erpetoichthys calabaricus	enlarge 99KB, 640x426 2 Polypterus ansorgii	enlarge 100KB, 640x426 3 Polypterus bichir bichir	enlarge 42KB, 640x480 4 Polypterus Bichir Lapradei
enlarge 79KB, 640x426 5 Polypterus bichir lapradei	enlarge 103KB, 640x426 6 Polypterus delhezi (with neat stripes)	enlarge 51KB, 640x480 7 Polypterus Delhezi "I have one of these... Alt..." View Comments...	enlarge 37KB, 640x480 8 Polypterus Endlicheri Congicus
enlarge 31KB, 640x480 9 Polypterus Endlicheri Endlicheri "That is one of the most go..." "I have one of these baby i..." "i have one of these guys. ..." "I have one as well. It's v..." View Comments...	enlarge 49KB, 640x639 10 Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri (with markings under) "i will have you soon! bich..." "I used to have one but my ..." View Comments...	enlarge 74KB, 640x426 11 Polypterus mokelembembe	enlarge 39KB, 640x480 12 Polypterus Ornatipinnis
enlarge 116KB, 640x427 13 Polypterus palmas buettikoferi	enlarge 80KB, 640x427 14 Polypterus palmas palmas	enlarge 42KB, 640x480 15 Polypterus Palmas Polli	enlarge 48KB, 640x480 16 Polypterus Palmas Polli "i do have one small one of..." View Comments...
enlarge 45KB, 640x480 17 Polypterus retropinnis Zaire Green "Looks like the fish I boug..." "That is NOT a ropefish. R..." View Comments...	enlarge 38KB, 640x480 18 Polypterus Senegalus "i also have one of this. b..." "my classmate wants to give..." "I have on of these and the..." "these damn fishes eat anyt..." "It's fun to think that thi..." "I used to have two of thes..." "I have one of this and he ..." "i have pair of these....al..." "My Bichir and Rope eat wig..." View Comments...	enlarge 85KB, 640x426 19 Polypterus senegalus senegalus (long finnages)	enlarge 27KB, 640x480 20 Short Body Albino Senegalus "I have one of this but min..." "I have two but one died......" "Albino Senegals exist in l..." "I have one... big, fat and..." View Comments...
enlarge 88KB, 640x427 21 Polypterus teugelsi "ow big can this fype grow" View Comments...	enlarge 33KB, 640x480 22 Polypterus Weeksii

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Fantastic pix! Very beautiful fish indeed! Congrats on the tanks and fish you have, you have dun a lot of work towards looking after/raising these wonderful fish.
Again - thanx for sharing! :-D
- *Mystic*, Mon, 30 Jul 2007 4:44PM

Excellent collection of bichirs. I would love to own just as many beautiful specimens someday...
- Sahara22588, Sun, 3 Apr 2005 6:32PM

stunning these pics are beautiful get some pics of that jurense on here aswell though
- danny b, Mon, 22 Dec 2003 2:48PM

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