marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus) Description
English: Marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus)
Magyar: Etióp gőtehal (Protopterus aethiopicus)
Date 2008
Source http://opencage.info/pics.e/large_11454.asp
Author OpenCage
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The marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus) is a lungfish of the family Protopteridae. Also known as the leopard lungfish, it is found in Africa. At 133 billion base pairs it has the largest known genome of any vertebrate and one of the largest of any organism on Earth, along with Polychaos dubium and Paris japonica at 670 billion and 150 billion, respectively. Order: Lepidosireniformes, Family: Protopteridae.