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Ornate Bichir
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Polypterus ornatipinnis

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Ornate Bichir - Photo 1

Ornate bichir fish. This fish is found in nature in the waters of West and Central Africa

Ornate bichir fish. This fish is found in nature in the waters of West and Central Africa.

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Bichir ornate

Polypterus ornatipinnis (the ornate bichir), a freshwater fish in the bichir family (Polypteridae) found in Lake Tanganyika and the Congo River basin in Central and East Africa

Bichir ornate

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Shutterstock ID: 2070639866, Photographer: Guillermo Guerao Serra

Polypterus ornatipinnis, (the ornate bichir) and P. senegalus (Senegal bichir), species of freshwater fish in the bichir family (Polypteridae) of order Polypteriformes.
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Polypterus ornatipinnis, (the ornate bichir) and P. senegalus (Senegal bichir), species of freshwater fish in the bichir family (Polypteridae) of order Polypteriformes.

Ornate Bichir

Polypterus ornatipinnis

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