FB-5005 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5005 Animalia Chordata Cladistii Polypteriformes Polypteridae Polypterus Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 Sadjegé Bichir guinejský Guinea-bikir Bichir Guinean bichir Thorny-eel Guinea hulkuim Pikkuniilihauki Pikkuniilinhauki Gwando Adagba Akata Gondo Kouagna Kusakpa Snake fish 安氏多鰭魚 安氏多鳍鱼 Polypterus ansorgei Boulenger, 1910 Polypterus ansorgei ansorgei Boulenger, 1910 1992-02-11 2024-01-23 Boulenger, G.A.0 Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume IV. London. 392 p. (Ref. 1880) Lévêque, C.D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.)0 Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome 1. Coll. Faune Tropicale N° 28. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique et O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France. 384 p. (Ref. 2703) Daget, J.0 Les poissons du Niger supérieur. Mém. I.F.A.N. 36:391 p. (Ref. 2756) Gosse, J.-P.0 Polypteridae. p. 79-87. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome 1. Coll. Faune Trop. n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren and Éditions de l'ORSTOM, Paris. 384 p. (Ref. 2835) Holden, M. and W. Reed0 West African freshwater fish. West African Nature Handbooks, Longman Group Ltd., London. 68 p. (Ref. 3023) Kähsbauer, P.0 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fischfauna von Nigeria. Ann. Nat. Hist. Mus. Wien 65:139-165. (Ref. 3031) Lévêque, C. and D. Paugy0 Guide des poissons d'eau douce de la zone du programme de lutte contre l'onchocercose en Afrique de l'Ouest. Convention ORSTOM-OMS. 393 p. (Ref. 3032) Pellegrin, J.0 Les poissons des eaux douces de l'Afrique occidentale (du Sénégal au Niger). Publ. Com. Hist. Sci. A.O.F., É. Larose, Paris. 373 p. (Ref. 3054) Pellegrin, J.0 Poissons du Niger recueillis par M. Jean Thomas. Description de deux espèces nouvelles. Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., Paris, 30(6):457-463. (Ref. 3055) Pellegrin, J.0 Contribution à l'étude de la faune ichtyologique du Niger et de la Guinée française d'après les envois de M. Jean Thomas. Bull. Com. Étud. Hist. Sci. Afr. Occ. Fr. 9(1):52-77. (Ref. 3056) Sydenham, D.H.J.0 The qualitative composition and longitudinal zonation of the fish fauna of the river Ogun, western Nigeria. Rev. Zool. Afr. 91(4):974-996. (Ref. 3076) Gosse, J.-P.0 Polypteridae. p. 18-29. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). Volume I. ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. 410 p. (Ref. 3188) Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott0 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) Fritzsch, B. and P. Moller0 A history of electroreception. p. 39-55. In P. Moller (ed.) Electric fishes:history and behavior. Fish and Fisheries Series 17. Chapman & Hall, London. (Ref. 10311) Anonymous0 Fish registrations within the museum database of the Vertebrate Section of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium. (Ref. 12818) Paugy, D., K. Traoré and P.S. Diouf0 Faune ichtyologique des eaux douces d'Afrique de l'Ouest. p.35-66. In G.G. Teugels, J.F. Guégan and J.J. Albaret (eds.) Biological diversity of African fresh-and brackish water fishes. Geographical overviews presented at the PARADI Symposium, Senegal, 15-20 November 1993. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 275:177 p. (Ref. 13331) Reed, W., J. Burchard., A.J. Hopson, J. Jenness and I. Yaro0 Fish and fisheries of Northern Nigeria. Ministry of Agriculture Northern Nigeria, Nigeria. 226 p. (Ref. 13851) Lewis, D.S.C.0 The effects of the formation of Lake Kainji (Nigeria) upon the indigenous fish population. Hydrobiologia 45(2-3):281-301. (Ref. 13864) Lévêque, C., D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels0 Annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of the Nilo-sudan river basins, in Africa. Rev. Hydrobiol. Trop. 24(2):131-154. (Ref. 28663) Olaosebikan, B.D. and A. Raji0 Field guide to Nigerian freshwater fishes. Federal College of Freshwater Fisheries Technology, New Bussa, Nigeria. 106 p. (Ref. 31256) Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). (Ref. 31982) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West , NY 10024-5192, USA. (Ref. 41414) Bartsch, P.0 Aspects of craniogenesis and evolutionary biology in polypteriform fishes. Neth. J. Zool. 47(4):365-381. (Ref. 42228) Burgess, W.E.0 Bichirs and rope fish. Trop. Fish Hobbyist 31(5):14-17. (Ref. 42791) Fowler, H.W.0 A catalog of world fishes (XIV). Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 24(1-2):1-58. (Ref. 42855) Daget, J.0 Révision des affinités phylogénétiques des Polyptéridés. Mém. I.F.A.N. 11:178 p. (Ref. 42904) Poll, M.0 Contribution à l'étude systématique des Polypteridae (Pisc.). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 35(2):141-179. (Ref. 42907) Poll, M.0 Les tendances évolutives des Polyptères d'après l'étude systématique des espèces. Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg. 72(2):157-173. (Ref. 42908) Poll, M.0 Zoogéographie des protoptères et des polyptères. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 79(4):282-289. (Ref. 43033) Poll, M.0 Contribution à l'étude systématique des Polypteridae (Pisces) (Suite et fin). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 35(3):269-317. (Ref. 43035) Boulenger, G.A.0 Descriptions of three new freshwater fishes from West Africa. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 8) 6:424-426. (Ref. 43036) Hanel, L. and J. Novák0 České názvy zivočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces) II., nozdratí (Sarcopterygii), paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii) [chrupavčití (Chondrostei), kostnatí (Neopterygii): kostlíni (Semionotiformes) - bezostní (Clupeiformes)]. Národní muzeum (zoologické odděleí), Praha. (Ref. 51054) Varjo, M., L. Koli and H. Dahlström0 Kalannimiluettelo (versio 10/03). Suomen Biologian Seura Vanamo Ry. (Ref. 51086) Carl, H.0 Danish fish names. Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Unpublished. (Ref. 51471) Britz, R.0 <i>Polypterus teugelsi</i>, a new species of bichir from the Upper Cross River system in Cameroon (Actinopterygii: Cladistia: Polypteridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 15(2):179-186. (Ref. 51884) Visser, S.A.0 Preimpoundment features of the Kainji area and their possible influence on the ecology of the newly formed lake. p. 590-595. In W.C. Ackermann, G.F. White and E.B. Worthington (eds.) Man-made lakes: their problems and environmental effects. AGU Geophys. Monogr. 17. 847 p. (Ref. 52077) Mdaihli, M., T. du Feu and J.S.O. Ayeni0 Fisheries in the southern border zone of Takamanda Forest Reserve, Cameroon. p. 141-154. In J.A. Comiskey and T.C.H. Sunderland (eds). Takamanda: the Biodiversity of an African forest. SI/MAB Ser. 8. 182 p. (Ref. 52397) Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108) Gosse, J.P. and J. Daget0 Polypteridae. p. 101-112. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81263) eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5005 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-03-02 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5005 Diagnosis: Polypterus ansorgii is distinguished from other species of the genus by its two jaws of equal length and its dorsal fin set forward, only separated from the head by 11 to 13 scales (Ref. 2835, 81263).Description: Subcylindrical body (Ref. 2756, 42908); body height comprised 7,5 to 8 times in total length and head length 4 to 4,8 times (Ref. 81263). Upper and lower jaw of equal length (Ref. 2835, 3032, 42908). Dorsal fin with 13 to 15 deeply notched rays (Ref. 2835, 3032, 81263). Pectoral fin longer than vertical through first dorsal ray (Ref. 2756). Ganoid scales (Ref. 42904): 55-62 in longitudinal line; 42-46 around body; 11-13 predorsal scales (Ref. 2835, 3032, 42908, 81263).Colouration: The colour is greenish-black with large black blotches on the flanks (Ref. 3023). Body mottled with black on preserved specimens (Ref. 2835, 81263). Gosse, J.P. and J. Daget 2003 Polypteridae. p. 101-112. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81263) FB-Morphology-5005 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-03-02 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5005 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 12 - 14 Gosse, J.P. and J. Daget 2003 Polypteridae. p. 101-112. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81263) FB-Distribution-5005 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-03-02 00:00:00 2015-03-30 18:02:51 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5005 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Africa: The species is described from the Corubal River in Guinea Bissau (Ref. 2835, 81263); and it has been reported recently from the Niger basin in Guinea and in lake Kainji and the Ogun River in Nigeria (Ref. 2835, 81263). Gosse, J.-P. 1990 Polypteridae. p. 79-87. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome 1. Coll. Faune Trop. n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren and Éditions de l'ORSTOM, Paris. 384 p. (Ref. 2835) FB-Size-5005 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-02-11 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5005 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 28.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 81263)) Gosse, J.P. and J. Daget 2003 Polypteridae. p. 101-112. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81263) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-5005 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-02-11 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5005 demersal; freshwater