Australian+Lung+Fish

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The Australian Lungfish has a long, heavy body that is covered with large, overlapping scales. Its coloring is brown to green, some have dark spots near the tail. The adults belly is white, but the youngs belly can be orange to pink. Its fins are stiff and resembling flippers. It eats frogs, fish, shrimp, earthworms, plants and fallen fruit.This creature is also known as the Queensland lungfish. During periods of drough the fish can survive by breathing air surface one or two times each hour when the supply of oxygen in the water is low. The australian lungfish is the only one that has a single wing. The oldest australian lungfish is 80 years old.This Creature is well known by many people. The tail of the Australian lungfish is most unusual. This creature is very popular creature. It has four big teeth which look as though they have grown together fan shaped crushing plates. The australian lungfish is a very long lived, slow growing fish. It may attain a length of only 120 mm after two years. The Australian Lungfish belongs to a very ancient group Sarcopterygii fleshy finned fishes. It is tottaly protected, may not be targeted by anglers. Most common in deep pools or slow flowing water with some aquatic vegetation on the stream banks. Found in clear or turbid water over mud, sand or gravel substrate. Can survive during periods of low dissolved oxygen such as in stanant pools during drought by breathing air from the surface every 30 to 60 minutes. When surfacing to empty and refill its lungs, the fish makes a sound like that of a small bellows. A specific name is Neoceratodus forsteri. Other common names are Queensland Lungfish, Dejellah, and Ceratodus.