Polypterus mokelembembe
Polypterus mokelembembe is a species of the fish genus Polypterus, found in the central basin of the Congo River.[2]
| Polypterus mokelembembe | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Polypteriformes |
| Family: | Polypteridae |
| Genus: | Polypterus |
| Species: | P. mokelembembe |
| Binomial name | |
| Polypterus mokelembembe Schliewen & Schäfer, 2006 | |
Etymology
Mokele-mbembe, a mythological creature believed by some to be a sauropod dinosaur that survived the extinction of dinosaurs in the central Congo Basin, alluding to the archaic nature of polypteriforms, which most likely are the sister group to the remaining Actinopterygii, and which probably existed at the same time as sauropods.[3]
References
- Moelants, T. (2010). "Polypterus mokelembembe". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182039A7799929. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182039A7799929.en.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Polypterus mokelembembe" in FishBase. March 2018 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order POLYPTERIFORMES (Bichirs)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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