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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classDipneusti
  4. ›orderCeratodontiformes
  5. ›familyProtopteridae
  6. ›genusProtopterus
Protopterus dolloi
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Slender Lungfish

Protopterus dolloi Boulenger, 1900

Also calledAnguille (fra) · Kongolungenfisch (deu) · Peixe-pulmonado-pintado (por) · Pez pulmonado delgado (spa) · Prapletwiec Czarny (pol) · Prapłetwiec czarny (pol) · Protoptère (fra) · Temnyi Protopter (rus) · Тёмный протоптер (rus) · протоптер темный (rus) · سمكة رئوية أفريقية منقطة (ara) · سمكة رئوية نحيلة (ara) · 長肺魚 (zho) · Congo-lungefisk (dan)

First described in: Boulenger, G. A. (1900). Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Sixième Partie. Mormyres, Characins, Cyprins, Silures, Acanthoptérygiens, Dipneustes. <em>Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology).</em> v. 1 (fasc. 6): 129-164, Pls. 48-56.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2441259.