List of living and extinct species of order polypteriformes that is known to science.
Order: Polypteriformes
>Family: Uncertain? (Incomplete polypterid fossils)
genus: Dagetella (***et and Meunier 1992)
- Dagetella sudamericana - Lower Creta locality: South America: Bolivia; Brazil; Afrika: Niger
genus: Latinopollia (Meunier & ***et, 1998)
- Latinopollia suarezi - Creta locality: Pjacha Pata Bolivia
genus: Serenoichthys (Dutheil, 1999)
- Serenoichthys kemkemensis - Lower Creta locality: Africa; Antarctica; Argentina; Australia: New South Wales, AU
genus: Bartschichthys - Lower Creta locality: South America: Bolivia; Brazil; Afrika: Niger
- Bartschichthys arnoulti
- Bartschichthys napatensis
- Bartschichthys tubularis
genus: Sudania - Lower Creta locality: Wadi Milk In Becetem Formation, Sudan, Niger
-Sudania gracilis
-Sudania oblonga
genus: Saharaichthys - Lower Creta locality: Africa
-Saharaichthys nigeriensis
-Saharaichthys africanus
genus: Sainthilaria - Palaeogen locality: Tanzania, Africa
-Sainthilaria falciformis
-Sainthilaria intermedia
-Sainthilaria beccussiformis
-Sainthilaria elongata
-Sainthilaria grandis
genus: Inbecetemia - Lower Creta locality: Wadi Milk Fm.; In Becetem Formation; Sudan; Niger
-Inbecetemia torta
-Inbecetemia tortissima
genus: Nagaia - Lower Creta locality: Wadi Milk Fm.; In Becetem Formation; Sudan; Niger
-Nagaia extrema
>Family: Polypteridae
genus: Serenichthys
-Serenichthys kernkemensis
genus: Erpetoichthys (Smith, 1865)
-Erpetoichthys calabaricus ~ropefish/reedfish (Smith, 1865)
genus: Bawitius
-Bawitius bartheli (exPolypterus bartheli)
~giant polypterus (Schaal 1984) Creta locality: Bahariya Formation, in the Bahariya Oasis of western Egypt
genus: Polypterus (Müller & Henle, 1803)
-Polypterus dageti
~daget's bichir (***et and Meunier, 1996) Lower Creta locality: Becetem Formation, Niger
-Polypterus sudanensis
~Sudan bichir - Lower Creta locality: Becetem Formation, Niger
-Polypterus faraou
~farou bichir (Otero & Vignaud & Brunet, 2006) Miocene locality: western Djourab, Chad
-Polypterus ansorgii
~guinean bichir (Boulenger, 1910)
-Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri
~saddled bichir/tiger bichir (Heckel, 1847)
-Polypterus congicus
~giant bichir/congo bichir (Boulenger, 1898)
-Polypterus bichir ((Müller & Henle, 1803)
---(Polypterus bichir bichir)
~nile bichir ((Müller & Henle, 1803)
---(Polypterus bichir lapradei)
~niger bichir/laprade's bichir (Steindachner, 1869)
-Polypterus delhezi
~armored bichir/barred bichir (Boulenger, 1899)
-Polypterus senegalus (Cuvier, 1829)
---(Polypterus senegalus senegalus
~gray bichir/senegal bichir/curvier bichir/nigerian bichir (Cuvier, 1829)
-(Polypterus senegalus meridionalis)
~meridionalis bichir/giant senegal bichir? (Poll, 1941)
-Polypterus palmas (Ayres 1850)
---(Polypterus palmas palmas)
~shortfin bichir/palmas bichir (Ayres, 1850)
---(Polypterus palmas buettikoferi)
~goldust bichir/buettikofer's bichir (Steindachner, 1891)
---(Polypterus palmas congicus)? (Daget, 1962)
-Polypterus polli
~marble bichir/poll's bichir (Gosse, 1988)
-Polypterus mokelembembe
~west african bichir/mokele-mbembe bichir (Schliewen & Schäfer, 2006)
-Polypterus retropinnis
~retro bichir/zaire green bichir (Vaillant, 1899)
-Polypterus ornatipinnis
~ornate bichir (Boulenger, 1902)
-Polypterus teugelsi
~cross river bichir/cameroon bichir (Britz, 2004)
-Polypterus weeksii
~fathead bichir/mottled bichir (Boulenger, 1898)
Sorry I did not include all the unknown species such as the polypterus sp. "koliba", polypterus sp. "dabola", polypterus sp. cf. "congicus" etc etc. They are not yet discribe and no full scientific name yet. Till more studies and made so they can be place in their own respected species or subspecies.
Base on the 2010 research of Suzuki, D., M.C. Brandley and M. Tokita, the combining of former Polypterus bichir bichir and former Polypterus bichir lapradei as a single species now call, Polypterus bichir. So that PBB and PBL we know just actually synonyms of Polypterus bichirs. Also combining Polypterus palmas palmas and Polypterus palmas beutikofferi as just Polypterus palmas and separating Polypterus palmas polli as a species of it's own now called Polypterus polli. Another separation between former Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri and Polypterus endlicheri congiscus to each of their own species, as Polypterus endlicheri is actually a lot closer to Polypterus ansorgii, while Polypterus congicus is much more closer to Polypterus bichir. So I guest when Poll, discoverer a bichir in Katangae and placed it with the bichir complex and called it Polypterus bichir katangae, I guest he was right. However Polypterus bichir katangae is now a synonym of Polypterus congicus. This study was base mitochondrial phylogeny of an ancient lineage of ray-finned fishes (Polypteridae) with implications for the evolution of body elongation, pelvic fin loss, and craniofacial morphology in Osteichthyes research.
Order: Polypteriformes
>Family: Uncertain? (Incomplete polypterid fossils)
genus: Dagetella (***et and Meunier 1992)
- Dagetella sudamericana - Lower Creta locality: South America: Bolivia; Brazil; Afrika: Niger
genus: Latinopollia (Meunier & ***et, 1998)
- Latinopollia suarezi - Creta locality: Pjacha Pata Bolivia
genus: Serenoichthys (Dutheil, 1999)
- Serenoichthys kemkemensis - Lower Creta locality: Africa; Antarctica; Argentina; Australia: New South Wales, AU
genus: Bartschichthys - Lower Creta locality: South America: Bolivia; Brazil; Afrika: Niger
- Bartschichthys arnoulti
- Bartschichthys napatensis
- Bartschichthys tubularis
genus: Sudania - Lower Creta locality: Wadi Milk In Becetem Formation, Sudan, Niger
-Sudania gracilis
-Sudania oblonga
genus: Saharaichthys - Lower Creta locality: Africa
-Saharaichthys nigeriensis
-Saharaichthys africanus
genus: Sainthilaria - Palaeogen locality: Tanzania, Africa
-Sainthilaria falciformis
-Sainthilaria intermedia
-Sainthilaria beccussiformis
-Sainthilaria elongata
-Sainthilaria grandis
genus: Inbecetemia - Lower Creta locality: Wadi Milk Fm.; In Becetem Formation; Sudan; Niger
-Inbecetemia torta
-Inbecetemia tortissima
genus: Nagaia - Lower Creta locality: Wadi Milk Fm.; In Becetem Formation; Sudan; Niger
-Nagaia extrema
>Family: Polypteridae
genus: Serenichthys
-Serenichthys kernkemensis
genus: Erpetoichthys (Smith, 1865)
-Erpetoichthys calabaricus ~ropefish/reedfish (Smith, 1865)
genus: Bawitius
-Bawitius bartheli (exPolypterus bartheli)
~giant polypterus (Schaal 1984) Creta locality: Bahariya Formation, in the Bahariya Oasis of western Egypt
genus: Polypterus (Müller & Henle, 1803)
-Polypterus dageti
~daget's bichir (***et and Meunier, 1996) Lower Creta locality: Becetem Formation, Niger
-Polypterus sudanensis
~Sudan bichir - Lower Creta locality: Becetem Formation, Niger
-Polypterus faraou
~farou bichir (Otero & Vignaud & Brunet, 2006) Miocene locality: western Djourab, Chad
-Polypterus ansorgii
~guinean bichir (Boulenger, 1910)
-Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri
~saddled bichir/tiger bichir (Heckel, 1847)
-Polypterus congicus
~giant bichir/congo bichir (Boulenger, 1898)
-Polypterus bichir ((Müller & Henle, 1803)
---(Polypterus bichir bichir)
~nile bichir ((Müller & Henle, 1803)
---(Polypterus bichir lapradei)
~niger bichir/laprade's bichir (Steindachner, 1869)
-Polypterus delhezi
~armored bichir/barred bichir (Boulenger, 1899)
-Polypterus senegalus (Cuvier, 1829)
---(Polypterus senegalus senegalus
~gray bichir/senegal bichir/curvier bichir/nigerian bichir (Cuvier, 1829)
-(Polypterus senegalus meridionalis)
~meridionalis bichir/giant senegal bichir? (Poll, 1941)
-Polypterus palmas (Ayres 1850)
---(Polypterus palmas palmas)
~shortfin bichir/palmas bichir (Ayres, 1850)
---(Polypterus palmas buettikoferi)
~goldust bichir/buettikofer's bichir (Steindachner, 1891)
---(Polypterus palmas congicus)? (Daget, 1962)
-Polypterus polli
~marble bichir/poll's bichir (Gosse, 1988)
-Polypterus mokelembembe
~west african bichir/mokele-mbembe bichir (Schliewen & Schäfer, 2006)
-Polypterus retropinnis
~retro bichir/zaire green bichir (Vaillant, 1899)
-Polypterus ornatipinnis
~ornate bichir (Boulenger, 1902)
-Polypterus teugelsi
~cross river bichir/cameroon bichir (Britz, 2004)
-Polypterus weeksii
~fathead bichir/mottled bichir (Boulenger, 1898)
Sorry I did not include all the unknown species such as the polypterus sp. "koliba", polypterus sp. "dabola", polypterus sp. cf. "congicus" etc etc. They are not yet discribe and no full scientific name yet. Till more studies and made so they can be place in their own respected species or subspecies.
Base on the 2010 research of Suzuki, D., M.C. Brandley and M. Tokita, the combining of former Polypterus bichir bichir and former Polypterus bichir lapradei as a single species now call, Polypterus bichir. So that PBB and PBL we know just actually synonyms of Polypterus bichirs. Also combining Polypterus palmas palmas and Polypterus palmas beutikofferi as just Polypterus palmas and separating Polypterus palmas polli as a species of it's own now called Polypterus polli. Another separation between former Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri and Polypterus endlicheri congiscus to each of their own species, as Polypterus endlicheri is actually a lot closer to Polypterus ansorgii, while Polypterus congicus is much more closer to Polypterus bichir. So I guest when Poll, discoverer a bichir in Katangae and placed it with the bichir complex and called it Polypterus bichir katangae, I guest he was right. However Polypterus bichir katangae is now a synonym of Polypterus congicus. This study was base mitochondrial phylogeny of an ancient lineage of ray-finned fishes (Polypteridae) with implications for the evolution of body elongation, pelvic fin loss, and craniofacial morphology in Osteichthyes research.
