Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851 (marbled lungfish)
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Osteichthyes - Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Belongs to Protopterus according to K. E. Criswell 2015
See also Schultze 2004
Sister taxa: Protopterus amphibius, Protopterus annectens, Protopterus crassidens, Protopterus dolloi, Protopterus libycus, Protopterus protopteroides, Protopterus regulatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (3 collections)
• Pliocene of Egypt (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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