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    • Bichirs
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    • Polypteriformes

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What

Genus Polypterus

Observer

fdouglasmartin

Date

Jan 5, 2003 04:02 PM CST

Place

Malapouyah, Boké, Guinea (Google, OSM)

Description

Captured in the Wonkoun River near Korira, Guinea. Photo by Ash Bullard.

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Description from Wikipedia

The bichirs are a family, Polypteridae, of archaic-looking ray-finned fishes, the sole family in the order Polypteriformes.

No range data available.