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- Code Number:
- AABV04P09_02
- Title:
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Donkey Faced Elephantnose, (Campylomormyrus cassaicus), [Mormyridae], Probiscus
- The probiscus off this fish is actually a lower lip and it uses it to hunt for small insects and crustaceans in the muddy substrate.
Kingdom: Animalia -- Animal, animals Phylum: Chordata -- chordates Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Osteichthyes -- bony fishes Class: Actinopterygii, ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei Superorder: Osteoglossomorpha Order: Osteoglossiformes Suborder: Osteoglossoidei Superfamily: Mormyroidea Family: Mormyridae -- elephant fishes, mormyrids Genus: Campylomormyrus (Bleeker, 1874) Species: Campylomormyrus cassaicus (Poll, 1967)
- Keywords:
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Actinopterygii, Freshwater Fish, Ray-finned Fishes, Fauna, Chordata, Chordates, Animal, Animalia, Underwater, Aquatic, Water, Nature
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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