Spotted lungfish

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Spotted lungfish

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: Protopteridae
Genus: Protopterus
Species:
P. dolloi
Binomial name
Protopterus dolloi

The spotted lungfish or slender lungfish (Protopterus dolloi) is a

Ogowe river basins.[1][3] It is one of four extant species in the genus
Protopterus.

Habitat

The slender lungfish is a freshwater fish and it largely inhabits the middle and lower Congo River basin.

Stanley Pool.[3][1] During spawning season, females can be found in open water.[3][1]

Biology

The slender lungfish has an

ornithine-urea cycle to increase the conversion rate of ammonia to less toxic urea, to defend against this toxicity.[4][5]

Reproduction

Spotted lungfish nests are generally found in June through October.[1] During this time period the male makes a nest and buries it in mud, not unlike the marbled lungfish mating behavior.[1] He guards both eggs and larvae during this time.[3][1] The female does not take care of the young but rather during this time can be found open water in rivers within its range.[3]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183033A8036086.en
    . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ ITIS.gov
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Protopterus dolloi" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
  4. ^
    S2CID 20545085
    .
  5. S2CID 35160817
    .

Further reading

  • [1]
  • http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/207/5/777
  • Fishman, A. P., Pack, A. I., Delaney, R. G. and Gallante, R. J. (1987). Estivation in Protopterus. In The Biology and Evolution of Lungfishes(ed.) W. E. Bemis, W. W. Burggren and N. E. Kemp), pp. 163–179. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc.
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