| Barred bichir | |
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| Barred bichir at the New England Aquarium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Polypteriformes |
| Family: | Polypteridae |
| Genus: | Polypterus |
| Species: | P. delhezi
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| Binomial name | |
| Polypterus delhezi | |
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| Synonyms[3][4] | |
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The barred bichir, armoured bichir, bandback bichir, or banded bichir (Polypterus delhezi) is a species of fish belonging to the class Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fish, which constitute an order of the class of the bony fish.[5] an elongated fish found in the Congo River, specifically in the upper and middle portions. This species is one of the more commonly available in commercial pet stores.
The species was named in honor of Belgian artist and naturalist Henri Paul Delhez (1870-1900), who collected type and provided life-history notes on bichirs based on interviews with locals; his collections and field observations were useful in the preparation of Boulenger's book on Congo fishes.[6]
- ^ Moelants, T. (2010). "Polypterus delhezi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182109A7801874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182109A7801874.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Evans, Sean. "Polypterus delhezi". Polypterus.info. Archived from the original on 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
- ^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Polypteridae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ <Helfman, G. 1997. The Diversity of Fish. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Science.>
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order POLYPTERIFORMES (Bichirs)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.