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Polypteridae
Gray bichir
Polypterus senegalus
Ray from the Nile Basin
- Gray
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Gray
Tropical
Regional distribution
Elongated
LargeGray bichir is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Bichirs and Reedfish
- Order
- Bichirs and Reedfish
- Family
- Polypteridae
- Genus
- Polypterus
- Maximum length
- 70 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: subspecies Polypterus senegalus senegalus known from West Africa, in Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Volta and Chad basins (Ref. 2835 , 3188 , 81263 ), up to Nile River basin (Ref. 2835 , 3188 ) and lakes Turkana (Ref. 3188 ) and Albert (Ref. 41590 , 48922 , 48960 ). Subspecies Polypterus senegalus meridionalis known from middle and upper Congo River basin (Ref. 2835 , 3188 , 4910 , 45434 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
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