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The '''hingemouth''' |
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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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.<ref name=EoF>{{cite book |editor=Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.|author= Banister, Keith F.|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Fishes|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|page= 97|isbn= 0-12-547665-5}}</ref> |
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.<ref name=EoF>{{cite book |editor=Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.|author= Banister, Keith F.|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Fishes|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|page= 97|isbn= 0-12-547665-5}}</ref> |
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Phractolaemidae
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| Genus: | Phractolaemus Boulenger, 1901 |
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P. ansorgii
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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 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.[1]
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