Polypterus palmas Ayres, 1850 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Chromosomes : Cataudella et al., 1978 | Klinkhardt et al., 1995 | Sola et al., 1981 | Suzuki et al., 1988 | Urushido et al., 1977 | Vasil'ev, 1980 .
  • Colour pattern : Gosse, 1990 | Gosse & Daget, 2003 | Hanssens et al., 1995 | Moritz & Britz, 2019 .
  • Common names : Bichir sedy (Czech), Kortfinnet bikir (Danish), Marbled bichir / Shortfin bichir (English), Palmase hulkuim (Estonian), Harmaaniilinhauki (Finnish) .
  • Current distribution known : restricted to the Upper Guinea region: coastal river basins from Casamance River in Senegal to Cavally basin in Côte d'Ivoire | West Africa: Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia .
  • Distribution_references : Boulenger, 1916 a | Daget, 1950 a | Daget, 1958 e | Daget, 1962 | Gosse, 1990 | Gosse & Daget, 2003 | Hanssens et al., 1995 | Moritz & Britz, 2019 | Poll, 1941 c | Poll, 1941 d | Poll, 1942 a | Poll, 1954 a .
  • Food habits / trophic level : feeds on aquatic invertebrates .
  • Fossils : Daget et al., 2001 .
  • Genetics : Bachmann, Goin & Goin, 1972 | Denton & Howell, 1973 | Near et al., 2013 | Suzuki et al., 2010a | Suzuki et al., 2010b .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Bradford & Northcutt, 1974 | Britz, 2004 | Daget, 1950 a | Daget & Desouter, 1983 | De Smet, 1958 | Gérard, 1931 | Gosse, 1988 | Gosse, 1990 | Gosse & Daget, 2003 | Hanssens et al., 1995 | Heine, 1974 | Moritz & Britz, 2019 | Pfeiffer, 1968 a | Pfeiffer, 1969 | Poll, 1964 .
  • Osteology : Jarvik, 1947 .
  • Phylogeny : Daget & Desouter, 1983 | Near et al., 2013 | Suzuki et al., 2010a | Suzuki et al., 2010b .
  • Physiology / metabolism : Aler, 1971 | Lagios, 1968 .
  • Size : 367 mm SL, 411 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Polypterus büttikoferi Steindachner, 1891: 179. Type locality: "Mahfa River im Sumpfe, Sumpfbach bei Buluma, Sumpf bei Juring am Solymah River", Liberia. Syntypes RMNH n° 5396 (2), RMNH n° 5371 (2), RMNH n° 5332 (5).
    • Polypterus lowei Boulenger, 1911 d: 377. Type locality: "Nanna Kru, Liberia". Syntypes BMNH n° 1911.5.31: 1-4 (4).
    • Polypterus palmas Ayres, 1850: 181. Type locality: "Cape Palmas, West Africa". Type Boston Museum.
  • Use and trade : aquarium trade in this species is more commercially important than its use as a food fish .
  • Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Hanssens et al., 1995 | Moritz & Britz, 2019 .