Reedfish
Erpetoichthys calabaricus Smith, 1865
Also calledAdagba (yor) · Bano (hau) · Bichir Kalabarský (ces) · Bichirek Úhorovitý (ces) · Fenal (swe) · Fenål (swe) · Flösselaal (deu) · Kwastvinaal (nld) · Käämakala (fin) · Käärmekala (fin) · Lakisa (yor) · Panserål (dan) · Trzcinnik (pol) · Wimpelaal (nld)
First described in: Smith, J. A. (1865). Notice of a new genus of ganoid fish allied to the genus Polypterus (Geoff.-St-Hillaire), recently received from Old Calabar. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.</em> v. 3: 273-278.
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description
The spine height of Erpetoichthys is approximately constant from the first to the last, with a slight decrease for the two most posterior spines. They are stockier than the spines of Polypterus species and their articular head distinctly differs in shape and organization of the processes (Fig. 12). The ganoine completely covers the anterior face of the spines with no superior transversal pad at its lower margin. Thus, the upper anterior processes are missing, and the lower anterior processes are scarcely visible, bounding an inferior transversal pad narrower than the articular head. In addition, the median processes are weakly individualized (Fig. 12 B). The median groove never shows any constrictions and is widely open at its base (Fig 12 A). Because of the constant size of the spine for the whole series, its lower margin is always localized at the same distance from the articular head. The only position-related difference observed is the basal foramen shape: oval only for the first spine and rounder for the last. In contrast to Polypterus, the lepidotrichium is never dichotomised and remains unibranched whatever the individual age in Erpetoichthys. The lateral processes do not ha
Comparative morphology of the finlet spines of the extant Polypteridae (Osteichthyes; Cladistia). Systematic interest
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