Gilled African Lungfish
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| Gilled African Lungfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Sarcopterygii |
| Subclass: | Dipnoi |
| Order: | Lepidosireniformes |
| Family: | Protopteridae |
| Genus: | Protopterus |
| Species: | P. amphibius |
| Binomial name | |
| Protopterus amphibius (W. K. H. Peters, 1844)[1] |
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The east African lungfish, (Protopterus amphibius) is a species of lungfish found in East Africa.[2] It is also known as the gilled African lungfish.[3]
[edit] Description
Protopterus amphibius generally only reaches a length of 44 cm (2 ft.), making it the smallest extant lungfish in the world. [4] This lungfish is uniform blue, or slate grey in colour. It has small or inconspicuous black spots, and a pale grey belly.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ ITIS.gov (Retrieved Feb. 19, 2010.)
- ^ EOL.org (Retrieved Feb. 19, 2010.)
- ^ Fishbase.org (Retrieved Feb. 19, 2010.)
- ^ Primitive Fishes.com (Retrieved Feb. 19, 2010.)
- ^ Fishbase.org (Retrieved Sep. 25, 2010.)
- LungFish.info
- Gosse, J.-P. 1984 Protopteridae. p. 8-17. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). Volume I. ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. 410 p. (Ref. 3498)
- Nelson, J. S. 2006. Fishes of the World, 4th edition. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0471250317.
- Rosen, D. E., P. I. Forey, B. G. Gardiner, and C. Patterson. 1981. Lungfishes, tetrapods, paleontology, and plesiomorphy. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 167(4): 159-276.
- Schultze, H. P., and J. Chorn. 1997. The Permo-Herbivorus genus Sagenodus and the beginning of modern lungfish. Contributions to Zoology 61(7): 9-70.
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