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)
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 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 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...
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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