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Protopterus

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Protopterus
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Protopterus
Genus recognized by Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, Angola Species List, Benin Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Ghana Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Kenya Species List, Malawi Species List, Mali Species List, Nigeria Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Senegal Species List, Somalia Species List, Sudan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Togo Species List, Uganda Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, wikipedia EU, Gulf of Guinea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia SK, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, EOL authors, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, GGBN data coverage, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Protopterus
Recognized by AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, FAO Fishery Statistics, and Furui 2020
Protopterus Owen 1839
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and GBIF data coverage

Alternative Names

Protomelus Hogg 1841
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Protopterus
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Sweden, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, GBIF national node type records Germany, Paleobiology Database, iNaturalist, Fishbase, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group
Rhinocryptis Peters 1844
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Common Names

Afrikaans

Afrika-longvis preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

سلمون أفريقي preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Protopter preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

протоптери preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Cebuano

Protopteridae preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

原鳍鱼属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

bahník preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Afrikankeuhkokalat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

პროტოპტერუსი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Afrikanische Lungenfische preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

דגי ריאות אפריקניים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

プロトプテルス属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Korean

아프리카폐어속 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lingala

Nzɔmbɔ́ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

പ്രോട്ടോപ്റ്റിറസ് preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

شش‌ماهی‌های آفریقایی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Протоптер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

วงศ์ปลาปอดแอฟริกา preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

протоптер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Cá phổi châu Phi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

سلمون افريقى preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

原鳍鱼属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

原鰭魚屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Protopterus

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Ceratodontiformes
Protopteridae
Protopterus (this page)
Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851
Protopterus amphibius (Peters 1844)
Protopterus annectens (Owen 1839)
Protopterus dolloi Boulenger 1900

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipneusti
Ceratodontiformes
Protopteridae
Protopterus (this page)
Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851
Protopterus amphibius (Peters 1844)
Protopterus annectens (Owen 1839)
Protopterus dolloi Boulenger 1900

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Protopterus (this page)
Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851
Protopterus amphibius (Peters 1844)
Protopterus annectens (Owen 1839)
Protopterus dolloi Boulenger 1900

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Protopterus (this page)
Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851
Protopterus amphibius (Peters 1844)
Protopterus annectens (Owen 1839)
Protopterus dolloi Boulenger 1900

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Sarcopterygii
Lepidosireniformes
Protopteridae
Protopterus Owen 1839 (this page)
Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851
Protopterus amphibius (Peters 1844)
Protopterus annectens (Owen 1839)
Protopterus dolloi Boulenger 1900

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Sarcopterygii
Dipnoi
Lepidosireniformes
Protopteridae
Protopterus Owen 1839 (this page)
Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851
Protopterus amphibius (Peters 1844)
Protopterus annectens (Owen 1839)
Protopterus dolloi Boulenger 1900

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Dipnoi
Ceratodontimorpha
Lepidosireniformes
Protopteridae
Protopterus (this page)
Protopterus aethiopicus
Protopterus amphibius
Protopterus annectens
Protopterus dolloi
unclassified Protopterus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Metapterygota
Neoptera
Eumetabola
Endopterygota
Coleoptera
Polyphaga
Cucujiformia
Curculionoidea
Curculionidae
Cryptorhynchinae
Cryptorhynchini
Protopterus (this page)
Protopterus chevrolatii
Protopterus jekelii
Protopterus parryi
Protopterus westwoodii
Albius
Ampagia
Amydala
Amydanus
Antragopus
Australacalles
Axides
Batatarhynchus
Blepiarda
Brachycis
Cedilaus
Coelosteridius
Coptomerus
Cryptorhynchina
Cyphoderes
Didorus
Dysopirrhinus
Elaeagna
Eucryptorrhynchus
Eurysia
Goniosalcus
Griffithia
Illidgea
Mecistostylina
Microgymnapterus
Mimidotasia
Notacalles
Nyphaeba
Odosyllis
Omydaus
Onidistus
Ophrythyreocis
Orochlesis
Pantiala
Phlaeoglymma
Phlaeoglymna
Phlaoglymma
Queenslandica
Tituacia
Trichogonus
Trigonus
Tylodina
Zygara

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnoi
Lepidosireniformes
Protopteridae
Protopterus (this page)
Protopterus aethiopicus
Protopterus amphibius
Protopterus annectens
Protopterus dolloi
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