1. The gilled lungfish (Protopterus amphibius), also known as the East African lungfish, is a species of African lungfish.

2. The bones of the skull roof in primitive lungfish are covered in a mineralized tissue called cosmine, but in post-Devonian lungfishes, the skull roof lies beneath the skin and the cosmine covering is lost.

3. African lungfishes breed at the beginning of the rainy season.

4. Although it is not a lungfish, it resembles lungfish in several respects, including its ability to survive dry seasons by burrowing into the sand.

5. The African lungfishes are obligate air breathers, with reduced gills in the adults.

6. The Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri), also known as the Queensland lungfish, Burnett salmon and Barramunda, is the only surviving member of the family Neoceratodontidae.It is one of only six extant lungfish species in the world

7. In 2004, researchers proposed that Palaeospondylus was a larval lungfish.

8. Dalea kinematography auspicating deform gem-bedizened Archturncoat crucificial peltifolious gully lungfish

9. It is one of only six extant lungfish species in the world.

10. Analysis of lung ventilation in the Aestivating lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus

11. Holonyms ("Barramunda" is a member of): genus Neoceratodus; Neoceratodus (extant Australian lungfishes)

12. Barramundi definition, a lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, of the rivers of Australia

13. A lungfish can Aestivate and survive without water for three years

14. 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.

15. Burrowing is seen in at least one group of fossil lungfish, the Gnathorhizidae.

16. Like all African lungfish it has two lungs and is an obligate air-breather.

17. Among these species, Aestivation is characterized by inactivity and fasting, and for lungfishes and amphibians the formation of a

18. The braincase of sarcopterygians primitively has a hinge line, but this is lost in tetrapods and lungfish.

19. 19 The lungfish can live out of water in a state of suspended animation for three years.

20. African lungfish Protopterus dolloi is an obligatory air-breather, which Aestivates in a cocoon during the dry season

21. Barramunda definition: the edible Australian lungfish , Neoceratodus forsteri , having paddle-like fins and a Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

22. The African lungfish is an example of how the evolutionary transition from breathing water to breathing air can happen.

23. Barramunda definition: the edible Australian lungfish , Neoceratodus forsteri , having paddle-like fins and a Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

24. Protopterus amphibius generally only reaches a length of 44 cm (17 in), making it the smallest extant lungfish.

25. *Aestivation* *1.* (in zoology) A state of inactivity occurring in some animals, notably lungfish, during prolonged periods of drought or heat

26. In a 2004 study, Robert Bakker and Gary Bir suggested that Ceratosaurus was primarily specialized in aquatic prey such as lungfish, crocodiles, and turtles.

27. Despite the general similarity in structure to those of amphibians, the nostrils of lungfish are not used in respiration, since these animals breathe through their mouths.

28. African and South American lungfish are capable of surviving seasonal drying out of their habitats by burrowing into mud and estivating throughout the dry season.

29. The term was coined by Charles Darwin in his On the Origin of Species from 1859, when discussing Ornithorhynchus (the platypus) and Lepidosiren (the South American lungfish): ...

30. Aestivation or daily torpor is an adaptive tactic to survive hot and dry periods of low food availability, and has been documented for species of lungfishes, teleost fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals

31. The Aestivating lungfish must prevent cell death, preserve biological fuels and structures, and sustain a slow rate of waste production during the maintenance phase of aestivation

32. Synonyms: Barramunda; barramundi; Neoceratodus forsteri Hypernyms ("Barramunda" is a kind of): lungfish (air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought)