- Ornate Bichir
Taxobox
image_caption = Ornate Bichir at theNew England Aquarium
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Polypteriformes
familia =Polypteridae
genus =Polypterus
species = P. ornatipinnis
binomial = Polypterus ornatipinnis
binomial_authority =Boulenger , 1902cite web|last=Evans|first=Sean|url=http://www.polypterus.info/p_ornatipinnis.htm|title="Polypterus ornatipinnis"|publisher=Polypterus.info|accessdate=2008-08-16]The "Ornate Bichir" ("Polypterus ornatipinnis") is a bony fish that lives in
Lake Tanganyika and theCongo River basin in Central andEast Africa .Description
"P. ornatipinnis" is has black and yellow patterning on its body, head, and fins, with 9 to 11 dorsal spines. It is the largest of the "Polypterus" species with a protruding upper jaw, reaching 15 inches (37 cm) in length. [From the exhibit caption at the
New England Aquarium , 2008.]Notes
The picture is not an ornate bichir
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