ADW: Polypterus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii
        
        Order Polypteriformes
        
        Family Polypteridae (Bichirs)
        
        Genus Polypterus
        
        Species Polypterus ansorgii (Bichir)
        
        Species Polypterus bichir
        
        Species Polypterus delhezi (Barred bichir)
        
        Species Polypterus endlicheri
        
        Species Polypterus mokelembembe
        
        Species Polypterus ornatipinnis (Ornate bichir)
        
        Species Polypterus palmas
        
        Species Polypterus retropinnis (West African bichir)
        
        Species Polypterus senegalus
        
        Species Polypterus teugelsi
        
        Species Polypterus weeksii (Mottled bichir)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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