Polypterus weeksii
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Polypterus weeksii
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Polypterus weeksii, the mottled bichir, is a fish in the family Polypteridae found in the central basin of the Congo River. It grows to about 54 cm in head-to-tail length.

Named in honor of John Henry Weeks (1861-1924), Baptist missionary, ethnographer, explorer and diarist, who collected type at his mission station in Monsembe, upper Congo River, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo).

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References

1. Polypterus weeksii Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypterus_weeksii
2. Polypterus weeksii on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/182448/7886605

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