Albino Lungfish Update and Fishy Facts | Ohio Fish Rescue

To breathe, most fish pull oxygen-containing water into their mouths and pump it through their gill chambers before expelling it out of their gill slits. Now, for the first time, scientists have seen fish “holding” that breath, some for up to 4 minutes at a time. Learn more: https://fcld.ly/jdcpgeq | News from Science

The Australian lungfish has a single lung that can be used to breathe during dry periods. It belongs to a lineage of air-breathing fishes that appeared in the fossil record around 380 million years ago. These ancient aquatic animals were related to the ancestors of modern-day birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals. | National Aquarium