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MURIELLE, license: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Sarcopterygii
Class:
Dipneusti
Order:
Ceratodontiformes
Family:
Lepidosirenidae
Genus:
Lepidosiren
Species:
paradoxa
Common:
South American lungfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Waters:
Freshwater
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Regions:
South America - Inland Waters
Sörensen, W. 1895. Are the Extrinsic Muscles of the Air-Bladder in Some Siluroidae and the “Elastic Spring” Apparatus of Others Subordinate to the Voluntary Production of Sounds? What Is, according to Our Present Knowledge, the Function of the Weberian Ossicles? A Contribution to the Biology of Fishes. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, 29: 109-139.
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