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Clade Sarcopterygii


The clade Sarcopterygii, also known as “lobe-finned fish”, are the group of bony fishes that include coelacanths, lungfish, frogs, ostriches, and humans, but excludes ray-finned fish like trout and carp.

Extant Lobe-Finned Fish

Tetrapod
Tetrapods
Queensland Lungfish
Queensland Lungfish
African Lungfish
African Lungfish
Coelacanth
Coelacanths

Immediate Phylogeny

Parent Group
Osteichthyes

Sister Groups
Actinopterygii

Daughter Groups
rhipidistia
Actinistia

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