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Polypterus senegalus (Cuvier's bichir)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Senegal bichir (Polypterus senegalus) also known as the gray bichir and Cuvier's bichir, is sometimes called the "dinosaur eel" (a misnomer, as the creature is neither an eel nor a dinosaur) also called "Dinosaur Bichir" or "dragon fish" in the pet trade. It is a prototypical species of fish in the Polypterus genus, meaning most of its features are held across the genus. Commonly kept in captivity by hobbyists. They are native from Africa where they are the most widespread species of the genus.
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Attributes

Maximum Longevity [2]  34 years
Migration [1]  Potamodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Omo Strict Natural Reserve Forest Reserve 328086 Nigeria  
Parc National du Niokolo-Koba National Park II 2046878 Senegal  

Prey / Diet

Alestes baremoze (Silversides)[3]
Schilbe mystus (Silver catfish)[4]

Predators

Balaeniceps rex (Shoebill)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Gendria polypteri[6]
Macrogyrodactylus polypteri[6]
Polyonchobothrium polypteri[6]
Proteocephalus pentastoma <Unverified Name>[6]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Raji, Aminu and Saidu, Armed K. and Maryam, Ahmed T. (2004) Preliminary studies on food and feeding habits of Polypterus endlicheri and Polypterus senegalus in Lake Chad. In: 18th Annual Conference of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON) , 8-12 December, 2003 , Owerri, Nigeria
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0