Australian lungfish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Australian lungfish lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Neoceratodus forsteri
Group	Bony fish
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Lobe-finned fish
Order	Ceratodontiformes
Family	Neoceratodontidae

Where does the Australian lungfish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Australian lungfish in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Australian lungfish endangered?

The Australian lungfish’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Australian lungfish?

The Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) is a lobe-finned fish in the order Ceratodontiformes and the family Neoceratodontidae, genus Neoceratodus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Australian lungfish

The Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri), also known as the Queensland lungfish, Burnett salmon and barramunda, is the only surviving member of the family Neoceratodontidae, and endemic to Australia. It is one of only six extant lungfish species in the world.

Fossil records of this group date back 380 million years, around the time when the higher vertebrate classes were beginning to evolve. Fossils of lungfish almost identical to this species have been uncovered in northern New South Wales, indicating that Neoceratodus has remained virtually unchanged for well over 100 million years, making it a living fossil and one of the oldest living vertebrate genera on the planet.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Australian lungfish (revision 1376378488), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q782345 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).