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Air-breathing Fishes

Lack of oxygen in water forced certain Devonian fishes to develop air-breathing organs. Some left the water and colonized the land; descendants of others are today's remarkable air-breathing species

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 219 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “Air-Breathing Fishes” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 219 No. 4 (), p. 102
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1068-102