lungfish jaws contain no teeth.Millions of years ago the teeth fused into a plate but it not attached to the jaws but to the palattes
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anne, if you could add the citation for this information it would likely be helpful to fellow lungfish keepers (same goes for the pinned topics).
lungfishes, specifically the AUL, but similar changes likely take place in the other species too, actually do have tooth-like structures when young, and their jaws change as they get older. the bone has become fused with the teeth to form plates. i will dig up my references from the lungfish symposium, but in the mean time here are some photos of the changes in the jaws of the AUL from juvenile to adult.
the photos are from "anne kemp's lungfish" page, which has a lot of good info, but some of it is somewhat debatable in my opinion. check it out for yourself:
http://www.annekempslungfish.com/index.html
Young Australian Lungfish Jaws
Adult AUL Jaws
lungfishes, specifically the AUL, but similar changes likely take place in the other species too, actually do have tooth-like structures when young, and their jaws change as they get older. the bone has become fused with the teeth to form plates. i will dig up my references from the lungfish symposium, but in the mean time here are some photos of the changes in the jaws of the AUL from juvenile to adult.
the photos are from "anne kemp's lungfish" page, which has a lot of good info, but some of it is somewhat debatable in my opinion. check it out for yourself:
http://www.annekempslungfish.com/index.html
Young Australian Lungfish Jaws
Adult AUL Jaws
Wow! Awesome pics!!! Does anyone have any pics of the bone plates of the South American or African species? If so post them cuz it would interesting to compare them.
E_americanus;2915009; said:
That goes for most info about these amazing fish I would say. The more I learn and research these guys the less sure I am about the previous information I have read.