Protopteridae

Also known as: African lungfishes, Afrikaanse Longvissen, Afrikanische Lungenfische, Peces pulmonados africanos, Prapłetwcowate, afrikankeuhkokalat, afričtí bahníkovití, Африканские двулёгочниковые

Classification

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Dipneusti
Order	Ceratodontiformes
Family	Protopteridae
Habitat	FRESHWATER
Genera	1
Species records held	8
Descendant taxa (GBIF)	11
GBIF key	2178

Genera in Protopteridae

Protopterus — 8 species: Protopterus aethiopicus, Protopterus amphibius, Protopterus annectens, Protopterus crassidens, Protopterus dolloi, Protopterus libycus, Protopterus protopteroides, Protopterus regulatus

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Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.

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