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Order: Polypteriformes
Family: Polypteridae
Species: Polypterus bichir   bichir
Cat No: NRM 57016. N=1
Determiner: Johnels, AG 1951
Length:
Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Africa
Country: GAMBIA State/Province: MacCarthy Island Div
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Gambia River Lake Basin:
Ocean:
Locality: Bansang area; kept in aquarium in Sweden to 27 Nov 1951
Field Number: GAM-AQU-PZ
Leg: Johnels, AG et al.
Date: 1950

Object remarks: Name tentatively updated from Polypterus lapradei. Dyed red, probably with alizarin. NRM 57015-57017 received mixed in one jar. Original labels with NRM 57015
Locality remarks: Actually transferred from dept. Paleozoology to Vertebrate Zoology in 2007.

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