the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [noun] > infraclass Chondrostei > family Polypteriformes or genus Polypterus > member of (2)
One or other of certain fishes (see quots.) having some resemblance to a snake.
A fish of the African freshwater family Polypteridae, having an elongated body with hard, rhombic, ganoid scales, a dorsal fin composed of a series…