Australian lungfish
noun
: a large, olive green to dull brown lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri synonym Ceratodus forsteri) of Australian rivers that attains a length of up to 5 feet (1.5 meters)
An Australian lungfish is the world's oldest fish in an aquarium, at more than 80 years old.—
Kate Lucas, Orange County Register (California), 5 July 2009
Kate Lucas, Orange County Register (California), 5 July 2009Australian lungfish can stay completely underwater because they take in lots of oxygen through their skin.—Hedda Nussbaum, Ranger Rick, November 1984
Hedda Nussbaum, Ranger Rick, November 1984called also barramunda, Burnett salmon, Queensland lungfish, salmon
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