#ProjectAnimalia continues with
759: Marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus)
Also called the leopard lungfish, this fish must breathe air to survive.
#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #fishart #lungfish #ArtAdventCalendar
759: Marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus)
Also called the leopard lungfish, this fish must breathe air to survive.
#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #fishart #lungfish #ArtAdventCalendar
December 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
#ProjectAnimalia continues with
759: Marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus)
Also called the leopard lungfish, this fish must breathe air to survive.
#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #fishart #lungfish #ArtAdventCalendar
759: Marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus)
Also called the leopard lungfish, this fish must breathe air to survive.
#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #fishart #lungfish #ArtAdventCalendar
水槽洗ってたり
設置作業してたら
近所の友人や遊びに来た知人らが
口を揃えて
「何か魚飼うん？」って言う
「アネク来るんだよ～。楽しみだわ～。」って返しても
９割が「？」
アネク(Protopterus annectens)
可愛いのよ～。
今設置してる１２０規格は以前
デンキウナギ飼ってた水槽。
空気呼吸する魚好き。
設置作業してたら
近所の友人や遊びに来た知人らが
口を揃えて
「何か魚飼うん？」って言う
「アネク来るんだよ～。楽しみだわ～。」って返しても
９割が「？」
アネク(Protopterus annectens)
可愛いのよ～。
今設置してる１２０規格は以前
デンキウナギ飼ってた水槽。
空気呼吸する魚好き。
ずっと飼ってみたかった4億年前の古代魚は､ロマンではなくツッコミどころ満載だった★肺魚･プロトプテルス
YouTube video by いきもの自然探訪
www.youtube.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
水槽洗ってたり
設置作業してたら
近所の友人や遊びに来た知人らが
口を揃えて
「何か魚飼うん？」って言う
「アネク来るんだよ～。楽しみだわ～。」って返しても
９割が「？」
アネク(Protopterus annectens)
可愛いのよ～。
今設置してる１２０規格は以前
デンキウナギ飼ってた水槽。
空気呼吸する魚好き。
設置作業してたら
近所の友人や遊びに来た知人らが
口を揃えて
「何か魚飼うん？」って言う
「アネク来るんだよ～。楽しみだわ～。」って返しても
９割が「？」
アネク(Protopterus annectens)
可愛いのよ～。
今設置してる１２０規格は以前
デンキウナギ飼ってた水槽。
空気呼吸する魚好き。
It’s true!
~ this lungfish, probably
~ this lungfish, probably
March 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It’s true!
~ this lungfish, probably
~ this lungfish, probably
Honestly big fan of how scary these guys look when you remove that derpy exterior
January 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Honestly big fan of how scary these guys look when you remove that derpy exterior
PROTOPTERUS (AFRICAN LUNG FISH)
Introduction The African lungfish (Protopterus) is a remarkable freshwater fish known for its unique ability to breathe both water and air. This ancient species is often referred to as a “living fossil,” representing a crucial link in the evolutionary transition…
Introduction The African lungfish (Protopterus) is a remarkable freshwater fish known for its unique ability to breathe both water and air. This ancient species is often referred to as a “living fossil,” representing a crucial link in the evolutionary transition…
PROTOPTERUS (AFRICAN LUNG FISH)
Introduction The African lungfish (Protopterus) is a remarkable freshwater fish known for its unique ability to breathe both water and air. This ancient species is often referred to as a “living fossil,” representing a crucial link in the evolutionary transition from aquatic to terrestrial life. Lungfish belong to the order Dipnoi and are part of the Protopteridae family, with four recognized species (
zoologyverse.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
PROTOPTERUS (AFRICAN LUNG FISH)
Introduction The African lungfish (Protopterus) is a remarkable freshwater fish known for its unique ability to breathe both water and air. This ancient species is often referred to as a “living fossil,” representing a crucial link in the evolutionary transition…
Introduction The African lungfish (Protopterus) is a remarkable freshwater fish known for its unique ability to breathe both water and air. This ancient species is often referred to as a “living fossil,” representing a crucial link in the evolutionary transition…
#lungfish, #Protopterus #annectens wild #albino form. Highly recommended as an emotional support fish for the holidays, travels well, eats just about anything and great listener.
December 19, 2024 at 3:38 PM
#lungfish, #Protopterus #annectens wild #albino form. Highly recommended as an emotional support fish for the holidays, travels well, eats just about anything and great listener.
Pez Pulmonado del Oeste de África (Protopterus annectens), preocupación menor.
Estos primitivos peces pueden vivir mucho tiempo sin agua, siempre y cuando tengan la piel húmeda, y moverse por tierra firme arrastrándose.
Estos primitivos peces pueden vivir mucho tiempo sin agua, siempre y cuando tengan la piel húmeda, y moverse por tierra firme arrastrándose.
October 27, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Pez Pulmonado del Oeste de África (Protopterus annectens), preocupación menor.
Estos primitivos peces pueden vivir mucho tiempo sin agua, siempre y cuando tengan la piel húmeda, y moverse por tierra firme arrastrándose.
Estos primitivos peces pueden vivir mucho tiempo sin agua, siempre y cuando tengan la piel húmeda, y moverse por tierra firme arrastrándose.
I honestly thought a Protopterus amphibius would be more following with your theme with those gills
April 18, 2024 at 3:10 AM
I honestly thought a Protopterus amphibius would be more following with your theme with those gills
Project Animalia #687
West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
A fish that breathes air and waddles on land on primitive limbs, and estivates underground during dry season.
#sciart #bioart #wildlifeart #animalart #scientificillustration #natureart #natureartist #animallover #medart #lungfish
West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
A fish that breathes air and waddles on land on primitive limbs, and estivates underground during dry season.
#sciart #bioart #wildlifeart #animalart #scientificillustration #natureart #natureartist #animallover #medart #lungfish
February 27, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Project Animalia #687
West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
A fish that breathes air and waddles on land on primitive limbs, and estivates underground during dry season.
#sciart #bioart #wildlifeart #animalart #scientificillustration #natureart #natureartist #animallover #medart #lungfish
West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
A fish that breathes air and waddles on land on primitive limbs, and estivates underground during dry season.
#sciart #bioart #wildlifeart #animalart #scientificillustration #natureart #natureartist #animallover #medart #lungfish
Went to the famous aquarium fish store, Paupau Aqua Garden in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.
Some interesting species like the gilled lungfish (Protopterus amphibius) among others, and pretty medaka (Oryzias latipes) breeds. I can't really bring any fish back with me, but I did grab some aquarium equipment.
Some interesting species like the gilled lungfish (Protopterus amphibius) among others, and pretty medaka (Oryzias latipes) breeds. I can't really bring any fish back with me, but I did grab some aquarium equipment.
January 14, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Went to the famous aquarium fish store, Paupau Aqua Garden in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.
Some interesting species like the gilled lungfish (Protopterus amphibius) among others, and pretty medaka (Oryzias latipes) breeds. I can't really bring any fish back with me, but I did grab some aquarium equipment.
Some interesting species like the gilled lungfish (Protopterus amphibius) among others, and pretty medaka (Oryzias latipes) breeds. I can't really bring any fish back with me, but I did grab some aquarium equipment.
LOL. 2 of them are fish but 2 are amphibians. I couldn't be completely transparent *sneaky sneaky*
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
July 12, 2023 at 7:26 PM
LOL. 2 of them are fish but 2 are amphibians. I couldn't be completely transparent *sneaky sneaky*
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
You were soooooo close to perfect! Two are fish but two are amphibians instead of reptiles, which are very similar!
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
July 12, 2023 at 7:25 PM
You were soooooo close to perfect! Two are fish but two are amphibians instead of reptiles, which are very similar!
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Unfortunately, they are a little bit bigger than beetles. They are all fish or amphibians.
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
July 12, 2023 at 7:23 PM
Unfortunately, they are a little bit bigger than beetles. They are all fish or amphibians.
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Two are amphibians, which isn't too far off from lizards!
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
July 12, 2023 at 7:21 PM
Two are amphibians, which isn't too far off from lizards!
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
🧪 Are you ready for the answers?
If not, STOP READING and see the post below to try to guess the brains!
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Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
If not, STOP READING and see the post below to try to guess the brains!
...
...
...
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Guess the brains! 🧪
Today I'm studying these brains and tomorrow I will post the answers!
Looking for general animal types, but bonus points for exact species!
Today I'm studying these brains and tomorrow I will post the answers!
Looking for general animal types, but bonus points for exact species!
July 12, 2023 at 7:19 PM
🧪 Are you ready for the answers?
If not, STOP READING and see the post below to try to guess the brains!
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...
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
If not, STOP READING and see the post below to try to guess the brains!
...
...
...
Images in order:
A. Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
B. African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
C. Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
D. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Fish Fact of the Day.
Fast & Not So Furious. During droughts, African Lungishes enter a state of torpor called aestivation within subterranean cocoons where they survive without food or water for up to 4 years before resuming their normal aquatic lives. 🧪
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protopterus
Fast & Not So Furious. During droughts, African Lungishes enter a state of torpor called aestivation within subterranean cocoons where they survive without food or water for up to 4 years before resuming their normal aquatic lives. 🧪
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protopterus
June 11, 2023 at 1:28 PM
Fish Fact of the Day.
Fast & Not So Furious. During droughts, African Lungishes enter a state of torpor called aestivation within subterranean cocoons where they survive without food or water for up to 4 years before resuming their normal aquatic lives. 🧪
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protopterus
Fast & Not So Furious. During droughts, African Lungishes enter a state of torpor called aestivation within subterranean cocoons where they survive without food or water for up to 4 years before resuming their normal aquatic lives. 🧪
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protopterus
Finally we have the fourth and smallest species of the African lungfishes, the Gilled African Lungfish (Protopterus amphibius).
This species grows to a max size of about 44 cm and often retains gills into adulthood (most African lungfishes lose their gills w/ age).
This species grows to a max size of about 44 cm and often retains gills into adulthood (most African lungfishes lose their gills w/ age).
December 4, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Finally we have the fourth and smallest species of the African lungfishes, the Gilled African Lungfish (Protopterus amphibius).
This species grows to a max size of about 44 cm and often retains gills into adulthood (most African lungfishes lose their gills w/ age).
This species grows to a max size of about 44 cm and often retains gills into adulthood (most African lungfishes lose their gills w/ age).
Here’s a great shot by @joelsartore of the Spotted African Lungfish (Protopterus dolloi).
This species is more elongate and slimmer than other African lungfish species, frequently has more spots too.
📸Joel Sartore
This species is more elongate and slimmer than other African lungfish species, frequently has more spots too.
📸Joel Sartore
December 4, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Here’s a great shot by @joelsartore of the Spotted African Lungfish (Protopterus dolloi).
This species is more elongate and slimmer than other African lungfish species, frequently has more spots too.
📸Joel Sartore
This species is more elongate and slimmer than other African lungfish species, frequently has more spots too.
📸Joel Sartore
Here’s the often more ornately-patterned Marbled African Lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus).
They have a maximum size of 200 cm!
They have a maximum size of 200 cm!
December 4, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Here’s the often more ornately-patterned Marbled African Lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus).
They have a maximum size of 200 cm!
They have a maximum size of 200 cm!
Let’s take a quick look at the four species of African lungfishes.
Here’s a living specimen of the species in the previous tweet:
West African Lungfish
Protopterus annectens
Here’s a living specimen of the species in the previous tweet:
West African Lungfish
Protopterus annectens
December 4, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Let’s take a quick look at the four species of African lungfishes.
Here’s a living specimen of the species in the previous tweet:
West African Lungfish
Protopterus annectens
Here’s a living specimen of the species in the previous tweet:
West African Lungfish
Protopterus annectens
Meet “Frank The Tank,” the Marbled African Lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus), also the star of “Tank Parties” back in grad school.
Guests would gather to watch the unusual feeding behavior (tooth plates seen in earlier post) of this oddball fish 🐟🍽️🐟😬
Guests would gather to watch the unusual feeding behavior (tooth plates seen in earlier post) of this oddball fish 🐟🍽️🐟😬
December 4, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Meet “Frank The Tank,” the Marbled African Lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus), also the star of “Tank Parties” back in grad school.
Guests would gather to watch the unusual feeding behavior (tooth plates seen in earlier post) of this oddball fish 🐟🍽️🐟😬
Guests would gather to watch the unusual feeding behavior (tooth plates seen in earlier post) of this oddball fish 🐟🍽️🐟😬
No one:
Me: the three genera of Lungfish faces😗
Australian (Neoceratodus), African (Protopterus), South American (Lepidosiren)
Me: the three genera of Lungfish faces😗
Australian (Neoceratodus), African (Protopterus), South American (Lepidosiren)
December 4, 2024 at 3:39 AM
No one:
Me: the three genera of Lungfish faces😗
Australian (Neoceratodus), African (Protopterus), South American (Lepidosiren)
Me: the three genera of Lungfish faces😗
Australian (Neoceratodus), African (Protopterus), South American (Lepidosiren)
P is for Protopterus, the African lungfishes! #FishABC
These amazing fishes can survive droughts by digging into mud, making a mucus cocoon, and slowing their metabolism (estivation).
When water returns, they are back in action! They can be dormant for over 5 years!
These amazing fishes can survive droughts by digging into mud, making a mucus cocoon, and slowing their metabolism (estivation).
When water returns, they are back in action! They can be dormant for over 5 years!
December 4, 2024 at 5:25 AM
P is for Protopterus, the African lungfishes! #FishABC
These amazing fishes can survive droughts by digging into mud, making a mucus cocoon, and slowing their metabolism (estivation).
When water returns, they are back in action! They can be dormant for over 5 years!
These amazing fishes can survive droughts by digging into mud, making a mucus cocoon, and slowing their metabolism (estivation).
When water returns, they are back in action! They can be dormant for over 5 years!
So @Brantromyzon and I decided to do #LivingFossilFriday, here’s my first entry:
The world’s smallest lungfish species, the Gilled African Lungfish, Protopterus amphibius.
This is a young of year fish; they breathe air but still have external gills. Also taste with their fins!
The world’s smallest lungfish species, the Gilled African Lungfish, Protopterus amphibius.
This is a young of year fish; they breathe air but still have external gills. Also taste with their fins!
December 4, 2024 at 9:50 AM
So @Brantromyzon and I decided to do #LivingFossilFriday, here’s my first entry:
The world’s smallest lungfish species, the Gilled African Lungfish, Protopterus amphibius.
This is a young of year fish; they breathe air but still have external gills. Also taste with their fins!
The world’s smallest lungfish species, the Gilled African Lungfish, Protopterus amphibius.
This is a young of year fish; they breathe air but still have external gills. Also taste with their fins!