Donkey Faced Elephantnose, [Mormyridae], Probiscus, Photo

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Code Number:: AABV04P09_03
Title:: 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:: Actinopterygii, Freshwater Fish, Ray-finned Fishes, Fauna, Chordata, Chordates, Animal, Animalia, Underwater, Aquatic, Water, Nature
Image by:: Wernher Krutein

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Code Number:: AABV04P09_03
Title:: 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:: Actinopterygii, Freshwater Fish, Ray-finned Fishes, Fauna, Chordata, Chordates, Animal, Animalia, Underwater, Aquatic, Water, Nature
Image by:: Wernher Krutein
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