Table I in Comparative morphology of the finlet spines of the extant Polypteridae (Osteichthyes; Cladistia). Systematic interest

Table I. – List of the valid species of the Polypteridae family (After Fishbase, 2019 for the species, and Poll, 1941 for the six subspecies). Species and subspeciesAuthorErpetoichthys calabaricusSmith, 1865Polypterus ansorgeiBoulenger, 1910Polypterus bichir bichirLacepède, 1803Polypterus bichir katangaePoll, 1941Polypterus bichir lapradeiSteindachner, 1869Polypterus delheziBoulenger, 1899Polypterus endlicheri endlicheriHeckel, 1847Polypterus endlicheri congicusBoulenger, 1898Polypterus mokelembembeSchliewen & Schäfer, 2006Polypterus ornatipinnisBoulenger, 1902Polypterus palmasAyres, 1850Polypterus polliGosse, 1988Polypterus retropinnisVaillant, 1886Polypterus senegalus senegalusCuvier, 1829Polypterus senegalus meridionalisPoll, 1941Polypterus teugelsiBritz, 2004Polypterus weeksiiBoulenger, 1898