Chi Cá khủng long vàng
Polypterus hay Chi cá khủng long vàng là một chi cá nước ngọt trong họ cá nhiều vây. Chi này được mô tả vào năm 1802 bởi ông Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.

Các loài
 Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 (Guinean bichir)
 Polypterus bichir Lacépède, 1803
 P. b. bichir Lacepède, 1803 (Nile bichir)
 P. b. katangae Poll, 1941
 P. b. lapradei Steindachner, 1869
 Polypterus delhezi Boulenger, 1899 (barred bichir)
 Polypterus endlicheri Heckel, 1847
 P. e. congicus Boulenger, 1898 (Congo bichir)
 P. e. endlicheri Heckel, 1847 (saddled bichir)
 Polypterus mokelembembe Schliewen & Schäfer, 2006 (Mokèlé-mbèmbé bichir)
 Polypterus ornatipinnis Boulenger, 1902 (ornate bichir)
 Polypterus palmas Ayres, 1850
 P. p. buettikoferi Steindachner, 1891 (Buettikofer's bichir)
 P. p. palmas Ayres, 1850 (shortfin bichir)
 P. p. polli J. P. Gosse, 1988 (Poll's bichir)
 Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant, 1899 (West African bichir)
 Polypterus senegalus Cuvier, 1829 (gray bichir)
 P. s. meridionalis Poll, 1941
 P. s. senegalus Cuvier, 1829
 Polypterus teugelsi Britz, 2004 (Cross River bichir)
 Polypterus weeksii Boulenger, 1898 (mottled bichir)

Chú thích

Tham khảo
 
 Goodrich, E. S. (1908). On the systematic position of Polypterus. Report of the 77th Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1907): 545-546. Quoted by Hall
 Hall, B. K. (2001) John Samuel Budgett (1872-1904): In Pursuit of Polypterus, BioScience, Vol. 51, No. 5 (May, 2001), pp. 399–407
 Kerr, J.G. (1907), The development of Polypterus senegalus Cuv., Pages 195-290 in Kerr, J.G., (ed. 1907), The Work of John Samuel Budgett, Balfour Student of the University of Cambridge: Being a Collection of His Zoological Papers, together with a Biographical Sketch by A. E. Shipley, F.R.S., and Contributions by Richard Assheton, Edward J.Bles, Edward T. Browne, J. Herbert Budgett and J. Graham Kerr. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press.
 Noack K, Zardoya R, Meyer A. 1996. The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the bichir (Polypterusor natipinnis), a basal ray-finned fish: Ancient establishment of the consensus vertebrate gene order. Genetics 144:1165-1180, cited by Hall
 Patterson C. (1982). Morphology and interrelationships of primitive actinopterygian fishes. American Zoologist 22: 241-260, cited by Hall.
 Romer, A S. (1946). The early evolution of fishes, Quarterly Review of Biology 21: 33-69, cited by Hall
Polypterus hay Chi cá khủng long vàng là một chi cá nước ngọt trong họ cá nhiều vây . Chi này được mô tả vào năm bởi ông Étienne Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire . Các loài Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger , (Guinean bichir) Polypterus bichir Lacépède , P. b . bichir Lacepède , (Nile bichir) P. b . katangae Poll , P. b . lapradei Steindachner , Polypterus delhezi Boulenger , (barred bichir) Polypterus endlicheri Heckel , P . e . congicus Boulenger , (Congo bichir) P . e . endlicheri Heckel , (saddled bichir) Polypterus mokelembembe Schliewen & Schäfer , (Mokèlé-mbèmbé bichir) Polypterus ornatipinnis Boulenger , (ornate bichir) Polypterus palmas Ayres , P . p . buettikoferi Steindachner , (Buettikofer 's bichir) P . p . palmas Ayres , (shortfin bichir) P . p . polli J . P . Gosse , (Poll 's bichir) Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant , (West African bichir) Polypterus senegalus Cuvier , (gray bichir) P. s . meri dionalis Poll , P. s . senegalus Cuvier , Polypterus teugelsi Britz , (Cross River bichir) Polypterus weeksii Boulenger , (mottled bichir) Chú thích Tham khảo Goodrich , E . S . On the systematic position of Polypterus . Report of theh Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science Quoted by Hall Hall , B . K.John Samuel Budgett In Pursuit of Polypterus , BioScience , Vol . No . (May , pp . 399 –407 Kerr , J .G . The development of Polypterus senegalus Cuv . , Pagesin Kerr , J .G . , (ed . The Work of John Samuel Budgett , Balfour Student of the University of Cambridge : Being a Collection of His Zoological Papers , together with a Biographical Sketch by A . E . Shipley , F . R.S . , and Contributions by Richard Assheton , E dward J.Bles , E dward T . Browne , J . Herbert Budgett and J . Graham Kerr . Cam bridge (UK) : Cambridge University Press . Noack K , Zardoya R , Meyer A . The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the bichir (Polypterusor natipinnis) , a basal ray-finned fish : Ancient establishment of the consensus vertebrate gene order . Genetics1165-1180 , cited by Hall Patterson C . Morphology and interrelationships of primitive actinopterygian fishes . American Zoologist cited by Hall . Romer , A S . The early evolution of fishes , Quarterly Review of Biology cited by Hall