marbled lungfish

Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel, 1851

Also calledBahník africký (ces) · Bahník etiopský (ces) · Etiopiankeuhkokala (fin) · Etiopisk lungefisk (dan) · Kambale mamba (swa) · Kamongo (swa) · Njombo (swa) · Peixe-pulmonado-marmorado (por) · Pez pulmonado leopardo (spa) · Prapłetwiec wielki (pol) · Protoptère éthiopien (fra) · Samak el teen (ara) · Samak el tin (ara) · Suur ürguim (est)

First described in: Heckel, J. J. (1851). Ueber eine neue Fisch-Species aus dem Weissen Nil, Propterus [sic] aethiopicus. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 685-689.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.