Order: Lepidosireniformes (South American and African lungfishes)

• Lepidosirenidae (Aestivating lungfishes)
• Protopteridae (African lungfishes)

Family: Lepidosirenidae (Aestivating lungfishes)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Lepidosiren paradoxa	South American lung-fish

Family: Protopteridae (African lungfishes)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Protopterus aethiopicus	Marbled lung-fish
Protopterus amphibius	Gilled lung-fish
Protopterus annectens	West African lung-fish
Protopterus dolloi	Slender lung-fish

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