I'm probably going to get dogged for this
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flowerpower;4026982; said:I just call them biches for short. And right now all my biches are for sale.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!
i believe the correct way to pronounce is birsh-ear.
I call them Bur-cha's to those who are not into fish much and polypterus's to those who know a little. The proper name is easier than the common name to pronounce for a change
lungfishlover;4027693; said:
Why would you think that? It's not spelled birchir, it's spelled bichir.
I believe it was beblondie who posted a link a while ago that confirmed the official pronunciation as "biker." I'll give 5 internet dollars to the first person to find the post. Ready? GO!
smpage;4027736; said:
Well, I beat you all to it. Here's the direct quote from beblondie:
beblondie;2957822; said:Name pronounciations
These are as close as I can figure out the names are pronounced
Polypterus bichir bichir :bike-er bike-er*(see note at bottom)
Polypterus bichir lapradei :la-prade-e-i
Polypterus delhezi :del-hez-i
Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri :end-lick-er-i end-lick-er-i
Polypterus endlicheri congicus :end-lick-er-i con-ji-cuss
Polypterus mokelembembe :moe-kay-la-em-bem-bay(mokèlé-mbèmbé)
Polypterus palmas buettikofferi : palm-us but-i-coff-er-i
Polypterus palmas palmas : palm-us palm-us
Polypterus palmas polli : palm-us poll-i
Polypterus retropinnis : retro-pin-nis
Polypterus senegalus :sen-eh-gal-us
Polypterus teugelsi :too-gulls-i
Polypterus weeksii : weeks-ee-i
Polypterus ansorgii :an-sorg-ee-i
Polypterus ornatipinnisr-nate-eh-pin-nis
Erpethoichthys calabaricus (Reed or Rope Fish) : Er-pet-oh-ick-the-s-cal-a-bear-eh-cuss
*note For many years Polypterids were simply called bichirs as their scientific name in
latin the CH is pronounced K hence the name was pronounced biker.
the orginal arabic word was probably pronounced by-k-er no one is certain
The name Polypterus : poly=many + pterus=fins and is pronounced po-lyp'-ter-us.
-Anne
I say birch er, thats how I started saying it and continue to say it. You know how long I said chich-lids 
, I love the response I get when I tell people that its pronounced sicklids, like I f-ing with them. It's hard to pronouce something correctly when you are the only one ever saying it outloud, 9.5 out of 10 times (especially when talking about bichirs) the person your saying it to (in my experience) would have no idea that your even talking about fish anyway, I could make anything up (like the decended from unicorns) and it would still be the same jibberish to them.
, I love the response I get when I tell people that its pronounced sicklids, like I f-ing with them. It's hard to pronouce something correctly when you are the only one ever saying it outloud, 9.5 out of 10 times (especially when talking about bichirs) the person your saying it to (in my experience) would have no idea that your even talking about fish anyway, I could make anything up (like the decended from unicorns) and it would still be the same jibberish to them.
