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Taxon: Genus Polypterus Lacepède, 1803 - bichir (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         [crown] Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     [crown] Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       [crown] Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         [crown] Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
                                             Myopterygii - myopterygians
                                               Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                 Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
                                                   Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates
                                                     Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
                                                       [crown] Subclass Cladistia Cope, 1870
                                                         Order Polypteriformes [monotypic] - bichirs
                                                           Family Polypteridae Bonaparte, 1835 - bichirs
                                                             Genus Polypterus Lacepède, 1803 - bichir
                                                               Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 - Guinean bichir
                                                               Polypterus bichir Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809 - bichir
                                                               Polypterus delhezi Boulenger, 1899 - barred bichir
                                                               Polypterus endlicheri Heckel, 1846-1849
                                                               Polypterus faraou O. Otero et al., 2006
                                                               Polypterus mokelembembe Schliewen & Schafer, 2006
                                                               Polypterus ornatipinnis Boulenger, 1902 - ornate bichir
                                                               Polypterus palmas Ayres, 1850
                                                               Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant, 1899 - West African bichir
                                                               Polypterus senegalus Cuvier, 1829
                                                               Polypterus teugelsi R. Britz, 2004
                                                               Polypterus weeksii Boulenger, 1898 - mottled bichir

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