Gilled lungfish
| Gilled lungfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Dipnoi |
| Order: | Ceratodontiformes |
| Family: | Protopteridae |
| Genus: | Protopterus |
| Species: | P. amphibius
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| Binomial name | |
| Protopterus amphibius (Peters 1844)
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The gilled lungfish (Protopterus amphibius, also known as the East African lungfish, is a species of African lungfish. It is native to Kenya, Somalia and Mozambique. Records from Tanzania require confirmation and may be the result of introductions.