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4.1.2.11 Family Heteropenustidae
Commonly known as Sting fishes these are also air breathing fishes, which have a tubular air sacs as accessory respiratory organ. Two species are known H. fossilis and H. longipectoralis. Clariidae and Heteropneustidae have different types of accessory respiratory systems. Because of this the family is kept seperately. |
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