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Definition of Lepidosiren

Lepidosiren
Lepidosiren Lep`i*do*si"ren (-s[imac]"r[e^]n), n. [Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + seirh`n a siren.] (Zo["o]l.) An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a related African species (Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also doko.

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- The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa), also known as the American mud-fish and scaly salamanderfish, is the single species of lungfish found...
- considered the sole genus in the family Protopteridae, which is grouped with Lepidosiren in the order Lepidosireniformes. The earliest fossils of the Protopteridae...
- depletion, unlike its African counterparts. The South American lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, is the single species of lungfish found in swamps and slow-moving...
- African lungfish is often confused with the South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa), which shares similar physical traits, such as paired lungs...
- genus of four species of lungfish in Africa South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) Mudfish, a poetry journal founded by Jill Hoffman Lungfish...
- G. (1870). "Description of a gigantic amphibian allied to the genus Lepidosiren from the Wide-Bay district, Queensland". Proceedings of the Zoological...
- Currents. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. SeriouslyFish. "Lepidosiren paradoxa". Retrieved 30 April 2017. Vermeulen, F. "The genus Rivulus"...
- Species from 1859, when discussing Ornithorhynchus (the platypus) and Lepidosiren (the South American lungfish): All fresh-water basins, taken together...
- Protopterus aethiopicus mesmaekersi Poll 1961 Red:extant, Light red: possibly extant, Green: introduced Synonyms Lepidosiren arnaudii de Castelnau 1855...
- groups such as the branchiosaurids. One living species of lungfish (Lepidosiren) has external gills as larvae which are reconfigured into internal gills...