Description

Diagnosis: distance snout to origin of dorsal fin 1.4-1.7 times head length, or 45-56% distance snout to vent (Ref. 7248, 52193).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Dipneusti

Order: Ceratodontiformes

Family: Protopteridae

Genus: Protopterus

Species: Protopterus amphibius (Peters, 1844)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in swamps and flood plains (Ref. 43033). Lungfishes survive for months under the dried mud of floodplains (Ref. 4967).

Habitat

demersal