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Synonym
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Status details |
junior synonym, original combination
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Comment |
Type locality: 'White Nile River' (Ref. 42855); No type and no description in Duméril, 1870 (Ref. 3188). Originally not treated as valid, but as a synonym of Polypterus senegalus (Ref. 1688). Also Ref. 42908.
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Etymology of generic noun |
Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
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Etymology of specific epithet |
Named after M. d'Arnaud, collector of the two specimens (Ref. 1688).
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