Bichir
| Bichir Julat zaman: [1]
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| Polypterus bichir | |
Pengelasan saintifik 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Alam: | Animalia |
| Filum: | Chordata |
| Kelas: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Polypteriformes Bleeker, 1859 |
| Keluarga: | Polypteridae Bonaparte, 1835 |
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Erpetoichthys | |
Bichir /ˈbɪʃɪər/ dan reedfish terdiri daripada Polypteridae, suatu famili ikan bersirip ruji yang kelihatan kuno dan satu-satunya famili dalam order Polypteriformes.[2]
Kesemua spesies berhabitiat di air tawar di Afrika tropika dan sistem Sungai Nil, sebahagian besarnya berpaya, dataran banjir cetek dan muara.
Bichir dianggap kumpulan bersaudara kepada kesemua ikan bersirip ruji lain yang masih wujud.[3][4]
Rujukan[sunting | sunting sumber]
- ^ Ralat petik: Tag
<ref>tidak sah; teks bagi rujukanEoFtidak disediakan - ^ Helfman GS, Collette BB, Facey DE, Bowen BW. 2009. The Diversity of Fishes. West Sussex, UK: Blackwell Publishing. 720 p.
- ^ Suzuki, D.; Brandley, M. C.; Tokita, M. (2010). "The mitochondrial phylogeny of an ancient lineage of ray-finned fishes (Polypteridae) with implications for the evolution of body elongation, pelvic fin loss, and craniofacial morphology in Osteichthyes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10: 209. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-209. PMC 3055249. PMID 20624284.
- ^ Dai Suzuki, Matthew C. Brandley, Masayoshi Tokita: CORRECTION: The mitochondrial phylogeny of an ancient lineage of ray-finned fishes (Polypteridae) with implications for the evolution of body elongation, pelvic fin loss, and craniofacial morphology in Osteichthyes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. Bd. 10, Art.-Nr. 209, 2010, DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-10-209