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South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa)
Subject: South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa)
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F de Castelnau-poissonsPl50 - South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa).jpg
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South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa)


Description Lepidosiren dissimilis = Lepidosiren paradoxa (a: mouth, b: anus, c,d: scales)
Source Français : Expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro à Lima et de Lima au Para sous la direction du Comte Francis de Castelnau , 1856 (exemplaire de la bibliothèque patrimoniale de Gray (France))
Author Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810–1880)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F_de_Castelnau-poissonsPl50.jpg

The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) is the single species of lungfish found in swamps and slow-moving waters of the Amazon, Paraguay, and lower Paraná River basins in South America. Notable as an obligate air-breather, it is the sole member of its family Lepidosirenidae. Relatively little is known about the South American lungfish. Additional common names include American mud-fish and scaly salamanderfish. In Portuguese, it is also known as piramboia, and caramuru. Order: Lepidosireniformes, Family: Lepidosirenidae.

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