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| name = Hingemouth |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| parent_authority = Boulenger, 1901 |
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| classis = [[Actinopterygii]] |
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| ordo = [[Gonorhynchiformes]] |
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| authority = Boulenger, 1901 |
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| synonyms = *''Phractolaemus spinosus'' <small>[[Jacques Pellegrin|Pellegrin]], 1925</small> |
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| binomial_authority = [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1901 |
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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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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gonorynchiformes |
Family: | Kneriidae |
Subfamily: | Phractolaeminae Boulenger, 1901 |
Genus: | Phractolaemus Boulenger, 1901 |
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P. ansorgii
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Phractolaemus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901 | |
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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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