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Lepidosiren paradoxa, Print, The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) is the single species of lungfish found in swamps and slow-moving waters of the Amazon, Paraguay, and lower Paraná River basins in South America. Notable as an obligate air-breather, it is the sole member of its family Lepidosirenidae. Relatively little is known about the South American lungfish. Additional common names include American mud-fish and scaly salamanderfish. In Portuguese, it is also known as piramboia, pirarucu-bóia, traíra-bóia, and caramuru., 1700-1880.

Lepidosiren paradoxa, Print, The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) is the single species of lungfish found in swamps and slow-moving waters of the Amazon, Paraguay, and lower Paraná River basins in South America. Notable as an obligate air-breather, it is the sole member of its family Lepidosirenidae. Relatively little is known about the South American lungfish. Additional common names include American mud-fish and scaly salamanderfish. In Portuguese, it is also known as piramboia, pirarucu-bóia, traíra-bóia, and caramuru., 1700-1880.
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Lepidosiren paradoxa, Print, The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) is the single species of lungfish found in swamps and slow-moving waters of the Amazon, Paraguay, and lower Paraná River basins in South America. Notable as an obligate air-breather, it is the sole member of its family Lepidosirenidae. Relatively little is known about the South American lungfish. Additional common names include American mud-fish and scaly salamanderfish. In Portuguese, it is also known as piramboia, pirarucu-bóia, traíra-bóia, and caramuru., 1700-1880
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1700-1880 • ADDITIONAL COMMON NAMES INCLUDE AMERICAN MUD-FISH • AMAZON • CARAMURU • FAMILIAR • FAMILY • LEPIDOSIREN PARADOXA • LEPIDOSIRENIDAE • LOWER PARANÁ RIVER BASINS • LUNGFISH • OBLIGATE AIR-BREATHER • PARAGUAY • PIRAMBOIA • PIRARUCU-BÓIA • PORTUGUESE • PRINT • RELATIVELY LITTLE • SCALY SALAMANDERFISH • SINGLE SPECIES • SLOW-MOVING WATERS • SOLE MEMBER • SOUTH AMERICA • SOUTH AMERICAN LUNGFISH • SUDAMERICA • SWAMPS • TRAÍRA-BÓIA