Table: The described species and subspecies of Polypterus
Scientific name Common name(s) Size Origin
Polypterus ansorgii Guinean bichir 11" (28cm) West Africa (Guinea)
Polypterus (bichir) bichir Nile bichir 27" (68cm) Nile, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana
Polypterus (bichir) katangae 18" (45cm) Central Africa (Katanga region)
Polypterus (bichir) lapradei 24" (60cm) or more Most of West Africa
Polypterus delhezi Armoured / Banded bichir 14" (35cm) Central Africa: Congo river, Upper and middle Congo
Polypterus endlicheri congicus Congo bichir 39" (97cm) Congo, Lake Tanganyika
Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri Red / Saddled bichir 24" (60cm) or more Nigeria, Lake Chad, White Nile
Polypterus ornatipinnis Ornate bichir 24" (60cm) Central and East Africa: Congo river basin, Lake Tanganyika
Polypterus palmas buettikoferi 14" (35cm) West Africa
Polypterus palmas palmas Marbled bichir 12" (30cm) Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea
Polypterus palmas polli Poll's bichir 12" (30cm) W. & Central Africa, Congo River
Polypterus retropinnis West African / Speckled bichir 13" (33cm) West and Central Africa
Polypterus senegalus meridionalis 28" (70cm) Central Africa
Polypterus senegalus senegalus Senegal bichir 16" (40cm) Africa: East, West and central
Polypterus teugelsi 16" (40cm) Cameroon
Polypterus weeksii Mottled / Week's / Fat-Headed bichir 16-24" (40-60cm) Congo
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