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Class 3. Dipnoi:

  • These are found in freshwater.
  • These are lungfishes, air bladder serving for aerial respiration.
  • Operculum is present and there is only one external branchial aperture.
  • Paired fins are lobate with jointed median axis.
  • Notochord is persistent.
  • Internal nostrils are present.
  • A cloaca is present.
  • Caudal fin is diphycercal, confluent with dorsal and anal fins.

Lungfish - Wikipedia