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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 '''hingemouth''', ''Phractolaemus ansorgii'', is a small [[freshwater]] [[fish]] that is found only in west central [[Africa]], the sole member of the family '''Phractolaemidae'''. |
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it is also relatied to a bird that diggs in the ground and spits at you if treatened |
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The mouth can extend like a small trunk, thus the name, and the [[swim bladder]] can function as a [[lung]], allowing the hingemouth to survive in [[oxygen]]-depleted environmnets. |
The mouth can extend like a small trunk, thus the name, and the [[swim bladder]] can function as a [[lung]], allowing the hingemouth to survive in [[oxygen]]-depleted environmnets. |
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Phractolaemidae
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Phractolaemus
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P. ansorgii
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Phractolaemus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901 |
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 the swim bladder can function as a lung, allowing the hingemouth to survive in oxygen-depleted environmnets.
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