south america lungfish
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yes. and from what people I know who have kept them long term say, you can keep them with pretty much anything. I have one, but only had it short time, so not too knowledgable. But other folks I know keep large specimins with all kinds of med-lg fish, no problems.
IMO, Lepidosiren paradoxa are the poor man's community lungfish. The rich man's community lungfish is Neoceratodus forsteri. And, of course, no African lungfish (Protopterus spp.) is a "community" lungfish given their tendency to take huge chunks out of tankmates.
WTF dose spp., sp., cp. and all that suff after the first sci name mean? it has been bugging me for a long time!
sp. is the abbreviation for 'species', often used when the species name is unknown, e.g. one would say Protopterus sp. if one doesn't know what species of african lungfish an individual is.
spp. is the plural abbreviation for 'species', often used to refer to all of the species within a genus, so Protopterus spp. would refer to all of the african lungfish species.
and fyi ssp. is the abbreviation for 'subspecies'
not sure about cp. can't say i've seen it personally.
You're spot on on the compatibility of lungfish species. I have all 6 known species and only my L. paradoxa and AUL are proving to be peaceful towards other fish.