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Queensland lungfish
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species of fish (Neoceratodus forsteri)
Species
EndangeredSpecies
- PhylumChordata
- ClassDipneusti
- OrderCeratodontiformes
- FamilyNeoceratodontidae
昆士兰肺鱼（学名:Neoceratodus forsteri），是澳洲肺鱼科澳洲肺鱼属的单型种。长达一米，最大可达1.5米，鳞片大，只有一个鳔，胸鳍和腹鳍有力。只生活在澳大利亚昆士兰州，所以也叫昆士兰肺鱼或澳洲肺鱼。比非洲肺鱼更原始，不能长期干旱。 需要注意的是，英語“barramundi”一詞可指多種大型有鱗的淡水魚類，雖然包括肺魚，但通常餐桌上爲鱸形總目的尖吻鱸（或稱盲鰽，學名 Lates calcarifer）。而昆士蘭肺魚爲受CITES保護的易危物種，在澳大利亞禁止捕撈，僅在有澳大利亞聯邦及昆士蘭州許可的情況下允許以敎學和科硏目的的採集，而將食用的barramundi譯爲“澳洲肺魚”爲誤譯。
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Endemic to Australia, the Neoceratodontidae are an ancient family belonging to the class Sarcopterygii, or lobe-finned fishes.
Fossil records of this group date back 380 million years, around the time when the higher vertebrate classes were beginning to evolve. Fossils of lungfish almost identical to this species have been uncovered in northern New South Wales, indicating that Neoceratodus has remained virtually unchanged for well over 100 million years, making it a living fossil and one of the oldest living vertebrate genera on the planet.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Queensland lungfish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.