Cladistii > Polypteriformes (Bichirs) 多鰭魚目 (Bichirs) > Polypteridae (Bichirs) 多鰭魚科 (Bichirs)
Etymology: Polypterus:Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335); delhezi:Named after M. Delhez, collector of the first specimen of Polypterus delhezi (Ref. 1877). More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態學
Africa: middle Congo River basin (Ref. 3188) in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of Congo. Reports from the Shari (Chad basin)(Ref. 1878, 3047, 3049) unconfirmed in Ref. 81263. 非洲: 剛果河的中央流域.(參考文獻 3188)
大小 / 重量 / 年齡
Maturity: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 44.0 cm TL 雄魚/尚未辨別雌雄; (Ref. 42908)
背棘 (總數): 10 - 13; 臀棘 0; 臀鰭軟條: 11 - 14. Subcylindrical body (Ref. 42908). Upper and lower jaws reaching to the same level, or the lower jaw is a little shorter (Ref. 42873, Ref. 42901, Ref. 42908). Number of dorsal finlets: 10-13 (Ref. 42908, Ref. 51884). Pectoral fin not reaching dorsal fin origin (Ref. 41588). Ganoid scales (Ref. 42908): 52-58 lateral line scales, 36-40 scales around body, 12-17 predorsal scales (Ref. 41588, Ref. 42848, Ref. 42908, Ref. 51884). Dorsal side gray-olive colored, with 7 to 8 black transversal bars; ventral side yellowish, lighter on ventral side of head (Ref. 41580; Ref. 44841). Spots are forming a black line between the lips and suboperculum (Ref. 41580). Fins yellow with brown or black spots (Ref. 41580). 近圓柱形的身體.(參考文獻 42908) 稍微延伸到相同的水平 , 或下面的頜上頜與下頜比較短。 (參考文獻 42873, 參考文獻 42901, 參考文獻 42908) 背部離鰭的數字: 10-13.(參考文獻 42908, 參考文獻 51884) 胸鰭不延伸到背鰭起點。 (參考文獻 41588) 硬鱗:(參考文獻 42908) 52-58個側線鱗片, 身體的周圍 36-40個鱗片,12-17 前背的鱗片.(參考文獻 41588, 參考文獻 42848, 參考文獻 42908, 參考文獻 51884) 背部兩側灰色-橄欖色色彩,7 到 8個黑色的橫紋; 腹的旁淡黃色的, 顏色淡的在腹的頭側上 (參考文獻 41580; 參考文獻 44841)。 斑點正在形成一個在唇與子鰓蓋之間的黑色線。 (參考文獻 41580) 鰭黃色的有褐色或黑色的斑點。 (參考文獻 41580)
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); This carnivorous fish lives in streams, lakes and zones of flood (Ref. 41580). Reproduction and spawning occurs during the rainy season (Ref. 41580).
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)
