Lungfish
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Eukaryota > Metazoa> Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata > Euteleostomi > Dipnoi
Lungfishes are sarcopterygian fish that can breathe air (and in some species are obligate air-breathers), and have limb-like appendages instead of fins.
Lungfish are generally believed to have diverged from the ray-finned fishes early in their evolutionary history, and their taxonomy is still in flux; some authors put all lungfishes in a subclass Dipnoi. However, there seems to be agreement that there are two orders.
Queensland Lungfish
- Family Ceratodontidae, genus Neoceratodus:
- Queensland Lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri
- Family Lepidosirenidae, genus Lepidosiren:
- South American Lungfish Lepidosiren paradoxa
- Family Protopteridae, genus Protopterus:
- Marbled Llungfish Protopterus aethiopicus
- East African Lungfish Protopterus amphibius
- African Lungfish Protopterus annectens
- Slender Lungfish Protopterus dolloi
Lungfish is also a musical band.