Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Protopterus dolloi is not aestivating in cocoons during the dry-season, because the habitat in which it lives is never completely dry (Ref. 81627); although it never lost the capability to aestivate (Ref. 40587). Therefore, the tunnel which it digs is not for hibernation but functions as a protected chamber during reproduction, which takes place in the dry season (Ref. 81627). The male guards the eggs and larvae in the nest, which is built in the mud of the swamps, while the females can be found in the open water of the rivers (Ref. 41587, 81627). The food of Protopterus dolloi are fishes and insects, but during the time of reproduction its food is more vegetarian (Ref. 40587, 46852).
細鱗非洲肺魚〔Protopterus dolloi〕 在乾季的時候在囊袋中不是夏眠, 雖然它從不失去了夏眠的能力。 (參考文獻 40587) 然而，乾季時，雄魚保衛卵而且仔魚在巢, 是在沼澤的泥灘建造, 然而雌性在河的開放水域中被發現於.(參考文獻 41587) 細鱗非洲肺魚〔Protopterus dolloi〕 的食物是魚與昆蟲，但是在繁殖期的時候他的食物更素食。 (參考文獻 40587, 參考文獻 46852)
