Taxobox name African lungfish image Protopterus.jpg image width 250px image caption Protopterus regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata subphylum Vertebrate Vertebrata classis Sarcopterygii subclassis Lungfish Dipnoi ordo Lepidosireniformes familia Protopteridae genus Protopterus genus authority Richard Owen Owen , 1839 subdivision ranks Species subdivision Marbled lungfish P. aethiopicus br Protopterus amphibius P. amphibius br Protopterus annectens P. annectens br Protopterus dolloi P. dolloi The African lungfishes are the genus Protopterus and constitute the four species of lungfish found in Africa . Protopterus is the sole genus in the family Protopteridae . Description African lungfishes are elongated, eel like fishes, with thread like pectoral fin pectoral and pelvic fin s. They have soft scales, and the dorsal fin dorsal and tail fin s are fused into a single structure. They can either swim like eels, or crawl along the bottom, using their pectoral and pelvic fins. ref name EoF ... lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus in Lake Victoria East Africa East African Wild Life Society ... and subspecies The family contains just four species ref name FB Family Protopteridae Protopterus aethiopicus small Johann Jakob Heckel Heckel , 1851 small Marbled lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus aethiopicus small Heckel, 1851 small Protopterus aethiopicus congicus small Max Poll Poll , 1961 small Protopterus aethiopicus mesmaekersi small Max Poll Poll , 1961 small Protopterus amphibius small Wilhelm Peters W. K. H. Peters , 1844 small East African lungfish Protopterus annectens small Richard Owen Owen , 1839 small West African lungfish Protopterus annectens annectens small Owen, 1839 small Protopterus annectens brieni small Max Poll Poll , 1961 small Southern lungfish Protopterus dolloi ... Inc USA, 2004. Category Lungfish Category Protopteridae Link GA ru af Afrika longvis cs Bahn k Protopterus de Afrikanische Lungenfische fr Protopterus ka ln Nz mb pl Prap etwiec pt Protopterus ... more details
italictitle P. amphibius may refer to Protopterus amphibius , a lungfish species Puntius amphibius , the scarlet banded barb, a fish species See also Amphibius disambiguation Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
Salamanderfish also salamander fish and salamander fish is a common name that can refer to Lepidogalaxias salamandroides , native to Western Australia Lungfish , including Lepidosiren , native to South America Neoceratodus , native to eastern Australia Protopterus , native to Africa disambig ... more details
Taxobox name Spotted African lungfish status status system regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata subphylum Vertebrate Vertebrata classis Sarcopterygii subclassis Dipnoi ordo Lepidosireniformes familia Protopteridae genus Protopterus species P. dolloi binomial Protopterus dolloi binomial authority George Albert Boulenger Boulenger , 1900 ref http www.itis.gov servlet SingleRpt SingleRpt?search topic TSN&search value 161047 ITIS.gov ref ref http www.fishbase.org summary speciessummary.php?id 8736 Fishbase.org ref subdivision ranks subdivision The Spotted African lungfish or slender lungfish Protopterus dolloi is a species of lungfish found in Africa . Specifically, it is found in the Kouilou Niari River Kouilou Niari Basin of the Republic of the Congo and Ogowe River basin in Gabon . It is also found in the lower and Middle Congo River Basin s. ref http www.fishbase.org summary speciessummary.php?id 8736 Fishbase.org ref Protopterus dolloi can aestivate on land by surrounding itself in a layer of dried mucus . ref Brien, P. 1959 . Ethologie du Protopterus dolloi Boulenger et de ses larves. Signification des sacs pulmonaires des Dipneustes. Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg. 89, 9 48. ref ref Poll, M. 1961 . R vision syst matique et raciation g ographique des Protopteridae de l Afrique centrale. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr. S r. 8. Sci. Zool. 103, 3 50. ref This species can reach a length of up to 130 cm. ref http www.fishbase.org summary speciessummary.php?id 8736 Fishbase.org ref References Reflist Further reading http jeb.biologists.org cgi reprint 206 20 3615 http jeb.biologists.org cgi reprint 207 5 777 Fishman, A. P., Pack, A. I., Delaney, R. G. and Gallante, R. J. 1987 . Estivation in Protopterus. In The Biology and Evolution of Lungfishes ed. W. E. Bemis, W. W. Burggren and N. E. Kemp , pp. 163 179. New York Alan R. Liss, Inc. Category Animals described in 1900 ... more details
Taxobox name South American and African lungfish image Protopterus.jpg image width 250px image caption Protopterus regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata subphylum Vertebrate Vertebrata classis Sarcopterygii subclassis Lungfish Dipnoi ordo Lepidosireniformes ordo authority Lev Berg L. S. Berg No date given, per Fowler, 1947 Lepidosireniformes is the order of lungfish containing the families Lepidosirenidae the South American Lungfish and Protopteridae the African Lungfish . Category Lungfish Fish stub ... more details
ref Distribution Protopterus aethiopicus is found in the African countries of Tanzania , the Democratic ... Lungfish Category Living fossils bony fish stub bg Protopterus aethiopicus ca Peix pulmonat ratllat eo Etiopa pulmofi o hu Eti p g tehal no Afrikansk lungefisk pl Prap etwiec abisy ski pt Protopterus ... more details
Wiktionary NSRW Poster Mudfishes Mudfish may refer to any of many different fishes, including In New Zealand and Australia Neochanna species In North America Amia calva In South America Lepidosiren paradoxa In Africa Labeo capensis Protopterus species Parachanna species Clarias anguillaris In Europe and Asia Misgurnus species Channa species In fiction Mudkip , a Pok mon inspired by mudfish. It is one of the more famous Pok mon became an internet meme . or it may refer to a two decade old yearly rugby tournament in Dallas, Texas, USA In America Mudfish Rugby Tourney See also Lungfish Salamanderfish disambiguation Disambig ... more details
Taxobox name Gilled African Lungfish regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata subphylum Vertebrate Vertebrata classis Sarcopterygii subclassis Dipnoi ordo Lepidosireniformes familia Protopteridae genus Protopterus species P. amphibius binomial Protopterus amphibius binomial authority Wilhelm Peters W. K. H. Peters , 1844 ref http www.itis.gov servlet SingleRpt SingleRpt?search topic TSN&search value 161045 ITIS.gov Retrieved Feb. 19, 2010. ref subdivision ranks subdivision The east African lungfish , Protopterus amphibius is a species of lungfish found in East Africa . ref http www.eol.org pages 217169 EOL.org Retrieved Feb. 19, 2010. ref It is also known as the gilled African lungfish . ref http www.fishbase.org summary Speciessummary.php?id 8735 Fishbase.org Retrieved Feb. 19, 2010. ref Description Protopterus amphibius generally only reaches a length of 44 cm 2 ft. , making it the smallest Extant taxon extant lungfish in the world. ref http www.primitivefishes.com Gilled 20African 20Lungfish.htm Primitive Fishes.com Retrieved Feb. 19, 2010. ref This lungfish is uniform blue, or slate grey in colour. It has small or inconspicuous black spots, and a pale grey belly. ref http www.fishbase.org summary Speciessummary.php?id 8735 Fishbase.org Retrieved Sep. 25, 2010. ref References references http www.lungfish.info 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. ... more details
mergeto Featherfin cichlid date January 2011 Taxobox name Cyathopharynx image Cyathopharynx.JPG image caption Cyathopharynx furcifer regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Perciformes familia Cichlidae subfamilia Pseudocrenilabrinae tribus Ectodini genus Cyathopharynx genus authority C. Tate Regan Regan , 1906 subdivision ranks Species subdivision See text. Cyathopharynx is a monotypic genus of cichlid fish. The single species, Cyathopharynx furcifer , originally described by Boulenger as Paratilapia furcifer in 1898 but later reclassified as Cyathopharynx furcifer , is endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa . Aquarium literature sometimes recognises a second species, Cyathopharynx foai eg Konings, 1995 originally described by Vailliant as Ectodus foae in 1899, though this species is not currently formally recognized. References FishBase 2006 Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. World Wide Web electronic publication. http www.fishbase.org fishbase.org version 07 2006 . Konings, A. 1995. Malawi cichlids in their natural habitat, 2nd edition. Cichlid Press, Germany Boulenger, G. A. 1898 Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pp. 494 497. Vaillant, L. L. 1899 Protopterus retropinnis et Ectodus foae Bulletin de Mus e National d Histoire Naturelle pp. 219 222. Category Ectodini Category Fish of Africa Category Freshwater fish of Africa Category Monotypic fish genera Cichlidae stub fr Cyathopharynx ... more details
of Protopterus dolloi.JPG thumb A dissected Protopterus lungfish showing the notochord The notochord ... Amphioxus Tunicate larvae Hagfish Lamprey Sturgeon Protopterus African lungfish Tadpole s Osteostraci ... more details
abstract Electron microscopy of the intestine of the african lungfish, Protopterus aethiopicus ref ... Image Lungs of Protopterus dolloi.JPG thumb left Lateral view of lungs of a dissected Protopterus dolloi ... more details
other freshwater lungfish species, Protopterus four in Africa and South American lungfish one in South ... days if the surface of the skin is constantly moist. Unlike the African species, Protopterus , it does ... more details
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