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.
