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	<dc:identifier>FB-8115</dc:identifier>
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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Cladistii</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Polypteriformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Polypteridae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Polypterus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Polypterus ornatipinnis Boulenger, 1902</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='cs'>Bichir pruhoploutvý</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='cs'>Bichir zdobený</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Plettet bikir</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Ornate bichir</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Kirju hulkuim</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Niiluse hulkuim</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fi'>Kirjoniilinhauki</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sw'>Samaki magamba</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Konga</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Mimbambala</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Mrežasta mnogoplavutarica</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Mukunga</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Mukungo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Mumbambala</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Nkunga ya moja batu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Tshikanga</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>飾翅多鰭魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>饰翅多鳍鱼</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Polypterus weeksii (non Boulenger, 1898)</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1993-06-23</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2024-01-15</dcterms:modified>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=106290&amp;speccode=8115'>Decru, E.0 The ichthyofauna in the Central Congo basin: diversity and distribution in the north-eastern tributaries. KULeuven, Faculty of Science, Leuven (Belgium), 303p. (Ref. 106290)</reference>
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