Taxonomic Hierarchy
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| Kingdom | Animalia
– Animal, animaux, animals |
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| Subkingdom | Bilateria
– triploblasts |
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| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia
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| Phylum | Chordata
– cordés, cordado, chordates |
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| Subphylum | Vertebrata
– vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates |
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| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata
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| Superclass | Sarcopterygii
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| Class | Dipnoi
– lungfishes |
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| Order | Lepidosireniformes
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| Family | Protopteridae
– African lungfishes |
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| Genus | Protopterus Owen, 1839 |
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| Species | Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel, 1851
– marbled lungfish | |
| Species | Protopterus amphibius (Peters, 1844)
– East African lungfish | |
| Species | Protopterus annectens (Owen, 1839)
– West African lungfish | |
| Species | Protopterus dolloi Boulenger, 1900
– spotted African lungfish | |
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