Polypterus weeksii Boulenger, 1898 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Chromosomes : Suzuki et al., 1988 .
  • Colour pattern : Moritz & Britz, 2019 .
  • Common names : Bichir weeksuv (Czech), Finnegedde (Danish), Mottled bichir (English), Laiguline hulkuim (Estonian), Raitaniilinhauki (Finnish), Mokoi (Democratic Republic of the Congo) .
  • Current distribution known : in the Congo basin present in Congo River from mouth upstream to Kisangani; Ubangi basin upstream to Uele River; Lulonga, Salonga; Kasai upstream to confluence with Lulua. Not recorded from southern tributaries of Kasai and also absent from Sangha River .
  • Distribution_references : Daget, 1950 a | Daget, 1958 e | Moritz & Britz, 2019 | Poll, 1941 c | Poll, 1941 d .
  • Fossils : Daget et al., 2001 | Otero et al., 2006 .
  • Genetics : Near et al., 2013 | Suzuki et al., 2010a | Suzuki et al., 2010b .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Britz, 2004 | Daget & Desouter, 1983 | Gérard, 1931 | Gérard, 1936 a | Gérard, 1936 c | Gérard & Cordier, 1936 | Moritz & Britz, 2019 | Pfeiffer, 1968 c | Poll, 1964 | Poll & Deswattines, 1967 .
  • Phylogeny : Daget & Desouter, 1983 | Near et al., 2013 | Suzuki et al., 2010a | Suzuki et al., 2010b .
  • Size : 540 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Polypterus schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1923 g: 296. Type locality: "Fl. Congo à Mongende (Congo belge)". Holotype MNHN n° 23-102.
    • Polypterus weeksii Boulenger, 1898 b: 419. Type locality: "Monsembe, Upper Congo". Type BMNH n° 1898.7.9: 87.
  • Use and trade : harvested for human consumption .
  • Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Moritz & Britz, 2019 .