Gosse, J.-P. / Lévêque, C., D. Paugy, and G. G. Teugels, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1990-01-01 / 1990-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Chapter 5: Polypteridae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of West Africa, vol. 1
Page(s):
79-87
Publisher:
Musée Royal de l'Afrique Central
Publication Place:
Tervuren, Belgium
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Polypterus bichir
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Catalog of Fishes
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
Page(s):
2905
Publisher:
California Academy of Sciences
Publication Place:
San Francisco, California, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-940228-47-5/
Notes:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
Reference for:
Polypterus bichir
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1991-01-01 / 1991-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21
Page(s):
243
Publisher:
American Fisheries Society
Publication Place:
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-913235-54-7/0097-0638
Notes:
0-913124-54-7 (cloth)
Reference for:
Polypterus bichir
Polypterus bichir: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Polypterus bichir: Comments
Comment:
Eschmeyer (online Catalog of Fishes, 2003) notes that Polypterus bichir "Appeared first in detail in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1802... but not Latinized." Lacepède's 1803 use to be the first to make the name available