Saddled bichir
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Saddled bichirs are fish that live in water and can also breathe air.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Saddled bichir
- Scientific name
- Polypterus endlicherii
- Japanese name
- ポリプテルスエンドリケリー
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Polypteriformes
- Family
- Polypteridae
- Genus
- Polypterus
Where the name “Saddled bichir” comes from
Polypterus in its scientific name combines Greek words for many and wing or fin. Its scientific name also honors Endlicher, an Austrian botanist.
FishBaseHow the Saddled bichir lives
They live in swamps and rivers. They mainly eat fish, but also eat snails and crustaceans.
FishBaseBasic data
- Range
- Sudan to Côte d’Ivoire
Where the Saddled bichir has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 简体中文
- 恩氏多鳍鱼
- 繁體中文
- 虎斑恐龍
- Español
- Bichir ensillado
- Deutsch
- Endlichers Flösselhecht
- العربية
- بشير أندليشري
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Palmas endlicer
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ポリプテルスエンドリケリーChecked: 2026-11-04
- FishBase — Polypterus endlicherii, Saddled bichirChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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