Polypterus Bichir Katangae???

[King-eL]

Do they exist? I found some pics on some Japanese site indicating this type of bichirs are Polypterus Bichir Katangae. They look more like Polypterus Endlicheri Congicus to me as both fish can be seen Congo basin. Unfortunately this fish died during the shipping from Africa to Japan. It took about 40 hours and the fish died when it arrived to Japan.

 

[uting]

It looks like a Congicus.

 

[Full Metal Gundam]

my congicus doesn't have teeth like that

 

[King-eL]

It looks like a Congicus.

Dorsal finlets are only up to 11 finlets. Congicus usually have more up to 14 finlets.

 

[uting]

maybe its a freak of nature

 

[beblondie]

P.b.kKatangae is the old name for P.e.congicus

 

[E_americanus]

P.b.kKatangae is the old name for P.e.congicus

Schafer said this in his book, and for some reason i tended to agree with him, but i can't recall why (especially since i disagreed with several points in that book). Have you seen this katangae = congicus statement made anywhere else anne? i'm trying to recall that myself--
--solomon

 

[King-eL]

P.b.kKatangae is the old name for P.e.congicus

I thought about it too, but sometimes Schafer ID. the fish wrong. For example in his book he IDed the polypterus bichir lapraedei as a polypterus bichir bichir.

When someone first posted a picture of a polypterus teugelsi in AP, many people disagree that it was not a polypterus teugelsi as it didn't have a black pectoral fins as Schafer stated. Same thing with polypterus ansorgii. When the first pics was found on a Japanese site D's room, many people tought it was a polypterus endlicheri endlicheri with odd patterns.

The Japanese seems to find out something more that we hobbyist don't know about, as many polypterus do look alike. Without further studies and less info or pics taken, then we can just say that Polypterus Bichir Katangae is a another name for Polypterus Endlicheri Congicus for now. Still I'm want to find out more about this. Even Polypterus Senegalus Meridionalis and the another unknown sub-specie of senegalus bichir is still in question if they exist.

 

[Cohazard]

Dorsal finlets are only up to 11 finlets. Congicus usually have more up to 14 finlets.

I counted 12 in the first pic, and 13 on the fourth pic.


Also, the second pic is a weeksii.

 

[King-eL]

I counted 12 in the first pic, and 13 on the fourth pic.


Also, the second pic is a weeksii.

My computer screen is way too dark, can't go any brighter. I might have mis-counted the finlets.