Hingemouth | |
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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 |
Species: |
P. ansorgii
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Binomial name | |
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 subfamily Phractolaeminae of the family Kneriidae.
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]
Phractolaemus ansorgii |
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