Lepidorsirenidae

Lepidorsirenidae

[‚lep·ə·dō·sə′ren·ə‚dē]

(vertebrate zoology)

A family of slender, obligate air-breathing, eellike fishes in the order Dipteriformes having small thin scales, slender ribbonlike paired fins, and paired ventral lungs.

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