Lepidosiren (Gr. 'scaly siren'; L. paradoxa), one of the mud-fishes or Dipnoi, a native of Brazil, Paraguay, &c., but rather rare. It measures about 4 feet in length, and is probably carnivorous. Its general characters, along with those of the two other genera, Ceratodus (q.v.) and Protopterus, will be described under MUD-FISHES.
Lepidosiren
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 584
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