South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa)

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Subject:	South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa)
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South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa)

Species
Lepidosiren paradoxa (Fitzinger, 1837)
動物界脊索動物門肉鰭綱レピドシレン目レピドシレン科レピドシレン属
Source: Image:Lepidosiren paradoxa.jpg
Location: Suma Aqualife Park, Kobe, Japan
Other photos: http://opencage.info/pics/Lepidosiren_paradoxa.asp
NCBI Taxonomy ID:7883
Copyright: OpenCage
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lepidosiren_paradoxa_0.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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