POLYPTERIFORMESPOLYPTERIFORMES| Republic of Cote d'Ivoire 1986 | Central Africa 2001 |
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| Saddled Bichir Polypterus endlicheri (Polypteridae) |
Reedfish Calamoichthys calabaricus (Polypteridae) |
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| Saddled Bichir Polypterus endlicheri (Polypteridae) (POLYPTERIFORMES) |
Polypterus is covered to the ganoid scale of the lozenge. The dorsal fin consists of small fins from 5 to 18. Each fin consists of one splinter and soft stripe muscle more than two of them. Polypterus is a meaning called a lot of fins. It is nocturnal and is carnivorous. The oldest fossil is a thing of the latter period in the Cretaceous.
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