[Ebook] The New Guide to Aquarium Fish – Miscellaneous Freshwater Fishes – Bichirs and Reedfishes
In the tropical waters of Africa we find a very interesting family of fishes, the Polypteridae (Bichirs, Reedfishes, or Lobe-finned pike). They have elongated, snake-like bodies which are covered with enamelled, diamond-shaped (ganoid) scales.