| 11. | To find its place there, it was necessary to observe juvenile " Polypterus " in the wild.
|
| 12. | However he failed to catch " Polypterus " fry although he did catch fry of many other species.
|
| 13. | He stopped at Ass?where he was told that " Polypterus " were large but impossible to catch.
|
| 14. | Phylogenetic analysis using both morphological and molecular data affirm that " Polypterus " is a living stem actinoptererygian.
|
| 15. | Consequently, his results on " Polypterus " were written up and published by his friend John Graham Kerr.
|
| 16. | He caught many " Polypterus " females ( locally called " Intontos " ) laying or having laid eggs.
|
| 17. | They found close similarities between the ontogenies of " Polypterus " and of urodele amphibians and other'primitive'amphibians.
|
| 18. | He convinced Budgett that the best place to look for developing " Polypterus " ova was Albert Nyanza and the neighbouring streams.
|
| 19. | There is a tension anteriorly, and compression posteriorly strain patterns are observed in " Polypterus ", a prey-sucking predator.
|
| 20. | It is a prototypical species of fish in the " Polypterus " genus, meaning most of its features are held across the genus.
|
