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hingemouth (Phractolaemus ansorgii)
Subject: hingemouth (Phractolaemus ansorgii)
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hingemouth (Phractolaemus ansorgii)


Description
Deutsch: Afrikanische Schlammfisch (Phractolaemus ansorgii)
Date 1901
Source http://mormyrids.lifedesks.org/files/mormyrids/Boulenger1909_MormyridaePart4.pdf
Author George Albert Boulenger
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phractolaemus_ansorgii.jpg

The hingemouth (Phractolaemus ansorgii) is a small freshwater fish that is found only in west central Africa, the sole member of the family Phractolaemidae. The mouth can extend like a small trunk, thus the name, and has just two teeth, both in the lower jaw. The swim bladder has two compartments, and can function as a lung, allowing the hingemouth to survive in oxygen-poor environments. Order: Gonorhynchiformes, Family: Phractolaemidae.

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