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Characteristics
Length
Up to 35.3 cm
Body shape
Elongated
Care
Group
Missing
Smallest aquarium
1,067 liters
Diet
Missing

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Behavior
Temperament
Semi-aggressive
Swims
Missing

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Water values
Temperature
Tolerates26–28 °C
pH
Toleratesup to 7
Smallest tank
62 cm185 cm93 cm
1,067 liters185 × 93 × 62 cmBased on one fish
Range
Native

Lives wild in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.

More about the species

Other names

Other scientific names

  • Polypterus bichir
  • Polypterus buettikoferi
  • Polypterus büttikoferi
  • Polypterus lowei
  • Polypterus palmas buettikoferi
  • Polypterus palmas palmas

In other languages

  • Kortfinnet bikir
  • Harmaaniilinhauki
  • Marbled bichir, Short-finned bichir

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