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Taxon: Family Polypteridae Bonaparte, 1835 - bichirs (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Bonaparte, 1835)
Unavailable original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 33 ("Ordine. I Politterini."). [family, nom. vernac.; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]. ≡
Original name:  Bonaparte, 1835: [8]. [subfamily "Polypterini"].
Subsequent rank: 
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 27 ("Bonaparte 1835").

Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Polypteriformes (Order)
Type: Polypterus (Genus) Lacepède, 1803 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025; [<12 May 2025]. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: bichirs Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 117; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
: bichirs Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2452.
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