A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Polypteridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| reedfishErpetoichthys calabaricus Smith, 1865 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polypterus bichir Lacepède, 1803 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polypterus congicus Boulenger, 1898 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polypterus delhezi Boulenger, 1899 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polypterus endlicherii Heckel, 1847 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polypterus mokelembembe Schliewen & Schäfer, 2006 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polypterus ornatipinnis Boulenger, 1902 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polypterus palmas Ayres, 1850 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polypterus polli Gosse, 1988 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant, 1886 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polypterus senegalus Cuvier, 1829 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polypterus teugelsi Britz, 2004 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polypterus weeksii Boulenger, 1898 | PolypteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.