Lobe-finned Fishes

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Tail that early sarcopterygians developed in the Paleozoic

Diphycercal tail

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Living fishes of Sarcopterygii

Lungfishes and coelacanths

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Lungfish most like the early forms

Australian lungfish

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Air breather that must breathe air

Obligate

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Air breather that does not have to breathe air

Facultative

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Lungfish lungs are homologous to

Tetrapod lungs

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What African lungfishes do in the dry season

Burrow and go dormant

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Only surviving coelacanth genus

Latimeria

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Coelacanth lung type

Vestigial lung

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Coelacanth gas exchange organ

Gills

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Year a living coelacanth was first caught

1938

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Fish with fleshy lobed fins
Lobe-finned fishes
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Fin type of Sarcopterygii
Fleshy lobed fins
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Jaws of early sarcopterygians
Powerful jaws
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Scales of early sarcopterygians
Heavy enameled scales
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Air-breathing organ of early sarcopterygians
Lungs
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Air breathing type of Australian lungfish
Facultative
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Air breathing type of African lungfishes
Obligate